AN: Hello everyone! As requested I will continue this as a series and add more chapters and the other semes at some point. I hope you enjoy this chapter. I am working on my other stuff as well and hopefully will update it soon, next up will most likely be "Ride the Wind" so keep your eyes open for that. Special thanks to awesome Ashida for betaing. Send me any suggestions via PM in case I go with them they are not ruined for everyone else, do leave reviews and constructive criticism. For those who don't have something nice or constructive to say kindly shove it and move along.

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Video-calls and Weekly Challenges – chapter 2

All week Tao had been getting the result of the tallies for the weekly challenges, to make things fairer – and the results more credible – sometimes at the end of the day the participants would send him a picture to prove their tallies were accurate. Thursday came and they all sent Tao their candid picture, Tao put them all on the same document so they were easier to compare. To tell the truth, seeing those pictures made his body's temperature rise every time. He began to wonder why he accepted to judge the winner of these challenges, but the truth was he was already set on a winner – at some point he thought if he wasn't completely sure of his sexuality, these pictures were seriously making the decision for him.

Tao could not help but feel like some kind of pervert, even though he had already chosen a winner he found himself constantly looking at those pictures. He was almost sure at one point that Feilong had caught him at it on Friday afternoon, but since the man did not say anything about it, he guessed he must have hidden the pictures in time.

Finally, Friday night came and he started the video call around one in the morning. He was annoyed at having to wait for everyone else as he waited for the others in their group. It was around one fifteen when most of them joined the video call and they began to talk about their week, their everyday frustrations regarding work, love life, school or any other activity they happen to engage in that week. One thirty rolled around and the last member of their group joined the conversation.

"Sorry about joining the conversation so late."

"Mizuki-kun! Thanks for joining us, we missed you last week."

"Sorry about that. Things at Repose Dorm have been really busy this past couple of weeks and I just didn't have time to participate last week and had to be late today. What did I miss?"

"That's ok we just got started, Tao can send you a summary of last week. This week the challenges were: Monday to Tuesday 'No smoking zone,' we had to steal cigarettes and keep them from smoking. On Wednesday 'Going dry,' Every time they poured a drink we had to act clumsy and make them spill it or somehow prevent them from drinking, on Thursday it was 'Sexy clandestine poses,' the challenge was to take a sexy picture without them noticing. Tao will judge the winner of the challenges by how many cigarettes you collect, how many drinks you spill and who has the sexiest body."

"We were just going to go through the winners so you haven't missed anything important, just a lot of catching up with each other's lives."

"Who came up with this week's challenges?" Asked Mizuki

"It was my turn." Answers Akihito while he texted someone.

"Ah, I should have known… you are obsessed with photography."

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Asami sat in his office still working on piles of paperwork he had to sign. As soon as midnight rolled around he caught himself looking at the clock every five minutes, it was the longest hour of his life. He had decided that the safest way to listen in on Akihito's conversation and his friends without the prospect of getting caught was to install hidden cameras –everywhere - in the bedroom. He was not risking missing something because of a bad angle. He liked the idea of getting to listen to what they said about him and the added bonus of getting to listen to Akihito talk about their relationship honestly and openly. Asami wanted to make sure he did not miss anything, so as soon as the clock read twelve forty five, he turned on his laptop and opened the windows that showed the images from the bedroom cameras

He continued to sign papers and was done in record time just as his blonde lover entered the bedroom with his computer and began talking with Tao and two other, Ewon and Misaki if he remembered correctly. . Clicking a button Asami switched from one camera to another until he found the one with the best angle of the computer and the one with the best view of his lover, leaving only those two open. He listened to their conversation as the others joined in and began to catch up on each other's lives. He was surprised - and a bit jealous if he was honest with himself- that Akihito was so open about his week with the other young men, granted he always knew what his lover was up to, but it was nice to hear him retell so animatedly the things he did or went through.

Asami could not help but wonder why Akihito did not talk to him about his life in the same manner, though he guessed it might be because he didn't really ask unless he wanted to know about something dubious or was mad at something Takaba did. The more Akihito talked, the more he found himself chuckling at his lover's antics. 'It would be nice, to talk to him like that. Maybe I should ask him about his day more often.' He thought.

He listened to the other young men talk about their lives too, and filed away important information in case it could serve him later on his business but was beginning to get anxious about the results of the challenges, curiosity was killing him and since he had to go through a hellish week, he felt he was entitled to know the results already.

It was indeed an awful week for Asami, not being able to drink or smoke at home took an unexpected toll on him and he was wound up tighter than a Swiss watch. He briefly considered lowering the amount he smoked in a day when the symptoms of withdrawal became unbearable after the first couple of hours at home, but thought better about it and considered it unnecessary. Not being able to drink when he was at the penthouse was also very frustrating. He caught himself more than once just wishing the damned week would end already and hoped to every deity in existence that these were a once only challenge.

The yakuza did not go to Sion on Thursday, choosing to do the important work in his home office. When Akihito asked why he was staying home, he just answered that his office was being redecorated and did not elaborate more on the subject. Akihito apparently had chosen that day to clean up and give maintenance to all his cameras, Asami spent all day walking around in almost nothing and Akihito never took a picture of him, he began to wander if the young photographer was backing out of the challenge when it finally happened.

Akihito lay on the bed, seemingly preoccupied with one of his cameras, Asami had lowered his guard by this point, and was deep in thought, not really paying attention as he walked into the bathroom. He was coming out of the shower, his body still wet and a towel around his waist, one also hung around his neck as he used one corner to dry off his hair. Eyes closed and head slightly tilted upwards, his fingers combed through his still damp hair when a quiet click was heard in the silent bedroom and he pretended he did not realize his picture had been taken.

At some point Feilong must have caught Tao looking at his picture, because the enraged Chinese man called him in the middle of the afternoon demanding answers.

"Asami, care to explain why my son is looking at almost naked pictures of you and other men?"

"I have no idea what you are talking about Feilong."

"Don't give me that bullshit! I know there is no way someone would take your picture without you knowing."

"You know Feilong; it is not my fault if you don't know what your own son has been up to for over a month. Perhaps you should be paying more attention to what happens under your own roof."

"What are you talking about?"

As he explained to his ex-rival/enemy his findings last week, the long haired man listened with his mouth hanging open. The expressions crossing the man's face would have been absolutely entertaining to the golden eyed man and he was secretly disappointed he was not getting to see them. Maybe he could have some fun with this situation and make contact with the other men involved, it's always good to be in good standing with other influential people and as people say 'misery likes company'.

He continued to listen to the conversations and a new face appeared, some cute boy who apparently worked at Repose Dorm. He was getting impatient again when they finally got to talking about what he was interested in.

"Let's get this going, shall we?" began Tao "I declare this meeting of the 'Housewives of the Rich and Powerful officially open." The golden eyed yakuza almost choked on his whiskey at the statement and could not help but chuckle at Tao's deviousness.

"THE WHAT! What the fuck Tao! We are NOT calling it that!" Shouted Akihito clearly flustered.

"Why not? I like it?" answered the Chinese teen, happy to have gotten such a great reaction out of his friend.

"No way in hell. I am NOT that bastard's wife! Call it something else." Asami made a mental note to chastise his lover later about this sentence.

"I don't think I like that name either." Said Misaki

"I wish I could really be married to Kudou-san" Squealed Mizuki before Ewon added his two cents on the conversation.

"Sorry to rain on your parade Tao but I have to agree with Akihito and Misaki, the concept of being 'married' to the boss is just… weird."

'So, Seoul's top boss is sleeping and living with his employee… I wander if Chairman Lee knows about that.' Thinks Asami as he listens to their banter. Personally he liked the name Tao came up with for… whatever the hell this was.

"I'm sorry Tao, I agree with them… I just don't see me as married to Kanou-san." Said Ayase blushing furiously and looking away.

"Whatever, you people lack vision and style…" said Tao feigning indignation. "Let's start with this week's winners."

'Finally! I am getting tired of waiting, its' not like their conversation is not entertaining because God knows it is. But I can't wait any longer.'

Tao looked at his list and addressed the group of eager young men.

"This weeks winners for 'no smoking zone' is Misaki with a total of one ninety seven cigarettes stolen from Usami-sensei, Ayase got disqualified from this challenge because he got intimidated by Kanou-san and chickened out. The winner for 'going dry' is Akihito with a total of fifty three Whiskeys, five brandies, and one cognac successfully prevented from being drank by Asami-san" 'Do I really drink that much? I guess I was stressed about not being able to smoke and tried to compensate with alcohol this week…' "Ayase got disqualified on this one as well for the same reasons, Ewon was also disqualified because apparently Mookyul-san only drinks at gatherings, and Mizuki got disqualified as well because Kudou-san is a workaholic who doesn't drink much."

Before Tao could continue, Akihito interrupted him with a comment to the shy little blonde with the pretty blue eyes. As much as Asami cared for his lover, right now he wished he could tape Akihito's mouth closed so he would not interrupt Tao. He was at the edge of his seat waiting for the winner of the last challenge, and every time Akihito teased the little Ayase, it took time from the revelation of the winner.

"I gotta say Ayase, you have to man up one of these days or you are not going to win this month's prize either."

"I can't help it if I just don't know how to be so forward with my actions, I can't just walk up to Kanou-san and steal his cigarettes of knock over his drink. I would feel too bad about it."

"Well then what's the point of putting up with their perverted behavior if we don't get to have fun at their expense." 'Perverted behavior eh? If I recall correctly you quite enjoy my perverted behavior. I am going to punish you so hard when I get home.'

"No kidding, Usagi-san is always like 'I'm out of Misaki' and fondles me all over the kitchen when I am trying to get stuff done. As far as I'm concerned this is payback. Don't tell anyone I said that though."

"God Misaki, no one is going to say anything… We all have too much to hide with this little group of ours; I don't even what to imagine what the boss would do to me if he found out the things we talk about." 'So, this was about payback… well two can play that game and he just learned how.'

"Guys we better get this going, Asami will be getting home in about an hour and I don't want him to find out about our little group." 'Too late Akihito… too late.'

"Alright," said Tao getting everyone's attention "last but not least, the winner of 'sexy clandestine poses' is Dun-dun-duuuuun" Tao made the suspenseful sound effect and Asami's nose almost touched the computer screen in anticipation.

"Akihito, with the most candid, sexy and most drool inducing picture of Asami-san."

Asami's face remained smooth as stone but a voice in his head was shouting 'Yes! I won! Perhaps I won't punish Akihito tonight, however we will be celebrating for many, many hours.'

Akihito was more vocal in his excitement and proceeded to jump on the bed shouting and wiggling that delicious ass, only wearing boxers on a shameless victory dance.

"Yes! Wahoo! Suck on that all ya!"

"Akihito, have some grace for God's sake…" Said Tao sighing, followed by a comment from Misaki.

"Yeah dude, not cool."

"Sorry guys, I guess I got carried away… my bad haha.." Akihito apologized while scratching the back of his head sheepishly.

"So…" Said Ewon trying to defuse the awkward moment. "Can we see the pictures? Show the winner last though, that way we can compare fairly."

"Yes, yes! I want to see too" shouted Misaki while Ayase just looked interested but said nothing and Mizuki nodded furiously.

Tao showed the pictures one by one by putting them up close to his camera. Though they were definitely handsome, Asami was not impressed, they were not his type; he much preferred his untamable, troublesome yet highly entertaining fiery sex kitten.

The Chinese youth finally showed his picture and he had to admit it was quite good.

"Good God Akihito! Now that I see it, I wouldn't mind, as you put it, sucking on that." Ewon was apparently the most outspoken of the group, other than Akihito of course.

"Damn!"

"As much as I don't want to admit it, you win."

"Is it bad that my mouth is beginning to water?"

"Only if it is bad that my pants are beginning to feel kind of tight in some areas."

"You do realize your lovers would kill you all if they heard you." Said Akihito

"No one here is telling Mr. Reporter, so we are all cool with saying what we think… or feel."

"I don't know what any of you think, but I personally don't care to know what Ewon's pants feel like." Ventured Misaki

"Remember that 'too much information about things we don't want to know' thing we've been talking about Ewon? This would be part of it." Said Mizuki

An evil smirk appeared on his lips and he realized why he cared so much about the result of this particular challenge. There was something so satisfying about being called the sexiest by the lovers of other powerful men. Now, all he had to do was get them to know it.

After they talked about Asami's body for the next five minutes the Chinese boy cleared his throat and all conversation halted. Tao began to list the following week's challenges.

"Monday and Tuesday 'Tour around home" it's your job to seduce him in every single room of your home and have sex there as many times as you can. Wednesday 'Spa day,' I particularly think this is hilarious, you are going to treat him to a nice relaxing day by pampering, but here is the trick, you must include but are not restricted to a facial mask, cucumber slices on his eyes, and the most ridiculously colored nail polish on his toenails. You must take a picture while his eyes are covered."

There was a lot of snickering and silly comments after this announcement until Akihito interrupted them.

"Guys, Asami will be home soon…"

"Oh, right. Sorry about that. Anyway, last but not least, Thursday next week we have a very… umm… interesting? challenge. If you check your emails, the photo of what you need should be there and the package containing it should arrive within the next three days. I bought them personally, it was embarrassing as hell and you all need to keep it in mind and treat me like a god for even going to that kind of store and buying such things."

The clicking of keyboards could be heard as everyone opened their emails and Asami could not help the smirk at what he saw. Almost every young man in the video call had his mouth hanging open and all of them were blushing. Akihito, as usual was the first to break the silence.

"FUCK NO! NO WAY IN HELL! There is just no way am I wearing girl underwear, whatever the fuck that flimsy transparent thing is or those shoes, nah-uh, not happening. And why the hell is there a cowboy hat!?" His face was red as a tomato.

"So we are disqualifying Akihito for Thursday then, and you were ahead in the race for the grand price too… such a shame." Said Tao knowing Akihito only needed to be pushed a bit to break like a twig.

"Who the fuck came up with this?!" The photographer asked blushing even more.

"I did" Said Misaki. "It's payback for the shit you put us through three weeks ago."

Someone made chicken noises and the prideful Akihito refused to be called a coward.

"Fine! I'll do it."

"Great, now that that is settled I will explain the last challenge. Thursday's challenge is 'Lace Cowboy' you are going to surprise him with this little outfit and ride like the wind for as long as you can. The winner will be judged by points on the first challenge; Bedrooms are five points, bathrooms are ten points, hallways are ten points, living-rooms are fifteen, kitchens are twenty and home offices are thirty. The most ridiculous picture wins the second one and the best reaction plus longer time wins the last one. Keep your tallies, don't cheat and have fun."

Asami had to admit he did not like the idea of 'Spa Day' but he sure as hell was looking forward to the other three days.

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I laughed so much while coming up with this stuff today lol. I hope you all had fun reading. Before you go leave your review, they really do help move the story along sometimes when I'm stucked.

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