A/N: Sorry for the very belated update! This entire month we have been busy with a graduation, birthday, etc. But from here on our normal updates should be back on. Sorry for the inconvenience!

Some of the events in this chapter are actually taken from our own experiences from are past vacations. We just thought they were amusing so we decided to write it all down into the chapter. Hope you like!

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Chapter 18

Monday, October 23

Akihito's POV

The photographer lazily rested his arm around his daughter, the two of them laying on the long couch, watching My Neighbor Totoro. Akihito grinned when he heard Asami let out a low groan from inside the bedroom in the jet, quickly followed by sounds of movement. He would be lying if he said he wasn't proud of himself for pulling this off. Asami had done so many things without his consent; taking him off to random places where he didn't know where he was, that Aki had decided it was time to repay that favor in kind. So he put his head together with Kirishima and got everything planned for a…forced family vacation. Of course there was absolutely zero way to force Asami to do anything while awake, so they had no choice but to drug him to get him on the jet.

Akihito grinned as he saw his lover walk out of the room, looking very confused. It was so great to be on the other side of this, to be the one getting the satisfaction from seeing Asami's priceless face. "How was your nap?~" Aki asked sweetly, batting his eyes innocently.

"I have a splitting headache from that "nap." What are you up to, Kitten? Where are we going?" Asami raised his eyebrow at the boy, clearly suspicious of him.

"Oh just wait and see!~ Kirishima said we would be landing soon!~" Aki chirped, grinning when he saw the crimelord's eyebrow twitch.

"Kei was in on this?"

"Both he and Suoh!~ The three of us planned it!~"

"You're turning them against me." Asami muttered, shaking his head. "Its times like these I wish I had a cigarette."

Aki giggled, sticking out his tongue. "Don't be like that!~ It's not like you haven't done this to me a thousand times!" He was getting better at not using curse words around their daughter, though this would have been a perfect moment to remind Asami that he was a bastard.

Asami didn't answer, but after pouring a tumbler of whiskey he walked over to the couch. Aki's legs were lifted and Asami took a seat at the end of the couch, letting the photographer's legs fall back in his lap. "So just where are we going?"

"Weeell….You'll see when we get there. Just know I got the idea from a very reliable source."

"And just who is this "reliable" source?"

The blonde just grinned and shook his head, not willing to give his lover even that much of a hint. If he knew who it was then Asami would surely guess where it was they were going, and Akihito wanted it to be a surprise. Well, it kind of had to be. He seriously doubted Asami would give this place a chance if he weren't being forced to. Aki didn't put it past his lover to demand they turn the jet around or direct it somewhere else for a vacation he wanted. Well, that wasn't happening.

"Come on Kitten, spill it. You know I hate surprises."

"Well this is a surprise you're going to end up liking, I'm sure. You liked the last surprise I got you, so why wouldn't you like this one?"

"The last surprise you got me was Ceska, a puppy that I've wanted for many years but have just never made the time to go get. This is a little different."

"You're right, it is different. A vacation is a lot less permanent than a puppy, and comes with a lot less responsibility." Aki pointed out with a grin, earning a smirk from the other.

"Well, you're not wrong with that statement, and I suppose I'm slightly impressed that you managed to pull this off. So I'll humor it for a while, see where you've decided to take us."

Akihito's grin widened, and he was about to say something when a finger was shoved onto his lips. "Shush please! You two keep interrupting my movie at the good parts! Look, Totoro is about to make a tree grow with his magic!" She exclaimed dramatically, gesturing to the television with her tiny hand. The two adults exchanged an amused look, rolling their eyes but shutting up to let their daughter finish her movie. A cartoon character with magic is obviously more important, what were we thinking? Akihito giggled to himself at his own thoughts.

A little under an hour later the jet landed, allowing the little family to exit and touch the ground once more. Behind them, Kirishima and Suoh carried all their luggage out, neither allowing Akihito to help them much to the photographer's annoyance. This was supposed to be a family vacation, which meant they weren't body guard and secretary right now, they were just supposed to be "Uncles." It didn't really surprise him though, he already had an idea of how they were going to act. So…he had arranged a little something to help them chill back and relax. And what was that one might ask? Well the jet pulling landing beside them held the answer

"You've got to be kidding me…you invited them?" Asami groaned as Feilong and Mayuri stepped out of the jet, both dressed to the T in fabulous casual wear. Yoh was taking the trail behind them, acting as their personal pack mule as he carried twice as much as Suoh and Kirishima combined. There is no way they need all that stuff! Akihito had packed the three of theirs bags the night before, so he had made sure to pack only the things they need. Had it been Kirishima packing again (because let's face it, Asami would just send him to do it) they would have had a lot of useless, irritating items like the cat toys packed again.

"Weeeelll….I didn't exactly invite them, but I did let the information slip that we were going. So I had the idea they would join, just knowing them!~" Aki said with a cheeky grin.

"And good thing you did, because Kei hadn't mentioned a word of it to me and we just spoke the other day!" Feilong said, giving four eyes an offended look.

"Of course I didn't tell you, I knew you would do something like this."

The offended look only grew. "That just isn't fair! Kazumi told Mayuri!"

"We tell each other everything!~ We are married you know!~" Mayuri cheerily said, latched onto Suoh's arm.

Akihito snickered a bit, shaking his head at the lively bunch as he held Kiyomi's hand. "What I'm curious about is why and how you two ended up in Fei's jet together. I didn't realize you two were chummy."

"Oh that?~ I was in Hong Kong for a fashion show when Suoh told me about this little vacation, so it was really just convenient for us to go together rather than I taking my own jet!~ Plus Fei and I have been, as you say, "chummy" for some while. We have tea occasionally, whenever I'm in China!~"

The crimelord beside Aki stepped forward, crossing his arms and raising an eyebrow. "Even while he and I were…opposing one another?"

"Hey, just because you two were having your pissing matches didn't mean I couldn't chat over tea with him. Besides, he sponsored me when I was first starting to hit it off as a designer. It's only natural we have business tea."

Asami shook his head disapprovingly, but didn't say anything else on the matter. The look was enough for most anyway, though Mayuri seemed to completely ignore it and just kept grinning away. Akihito appreciated not being the only person who wasn't afraid of the big bad Asami. It was awesome to have someone he could talk to about his lover who wasn't terrified of getting punished. The photographer turned his head back towards the jet when he heard running footsteps on asphalt, confused and immediately on high alert as to who it was coming at them. After everything that had happened and knowing they hadn't found Mayuri's brother yet, he was on edge.

Luckily it just turned out to be Rin, who was dressed in just a pair of khaki pants, a ridiculous Hawaiian print shirt, and big straw hat. To finish off his stereotypical tourist look he had a Polaroid camera around his neck. If Aki hadn't been so shocked to see his guard, he would have been embarrassed to be around him! Really, who seriously dresses like that?!

"Rin, what are you doing here?! I told you to go on a vacation or something! You're off all week!"

"I AM ON VACATION, TAKABA-SAMA!" Rin exclaimed, gesturing around them. Akihito suppressed the want and need to face palm. Honestly, why am I even surprised? This is exactly something he would do.

There were so many questions he thought about asking. Where were you on the jet? How did you get on without any of us noticing? Do you even have a passport to be here? But really there was no point in asking, because he knew the answer he would get to each of them. So the blonde decided just to accept it. "Fine, but if you're on vacation then it's just "Aki", okay? Or Akihito, whichever." He mumbled, earning a very firm nod from the guard before he hurried off to join his own boyfriend.

"Now I have a question that has been plaguing me for the last hour." Asami spoke up, golden eyes staring at Akihito intently.

"Well then quest away."

"Where exactly are we?" He couldn't help but giggle at his lover's cluelessness, grinning up at him. The photographer had honestly forgotten that he hadn't informed Asami as to where they were yet. He had intended to tell him as soon as they got off the jet, but with the others distracting him it just didn't happen.

"Welcome to the Atlanta, Georgia Asami! Gramps spent hours telling me all about how his family went here last summer, and it just sounded like so much fun!~ So here we are!"

Asami didn't seem too convinced that this was going to be as good as Akihito was letting on, which made the excited look on the boy's face falter some. Much to his surprise though, Kirishima jumped in with positive reinforcement. "I did some research beforehand, Asami-Sama, and I am with Akihito on thinking this was a good idea. Where he plans on going seems like it will be relaxing. And let's be honest, this is the safest vacation you could ever take. No one would ever think to look for you here, so I'm confident in saying there should be no mishaps with someone coming after you here." This seemed to make the crimelord rethink his initial opinion on his choice of vacation spots.

"If that's the case then I suppose I'll give this place a fair shot." The business man said slowly, "Though this does bring me to my next question. What are we doing about transportation?"

Kirishima pushed up his glasses, waving a hand for them all to follow. "I took care of that with your preferences I mind. Come."

"Mommy…..Mommy…Hey Mommy!" Akihito jerked awake when he felt a little hand shaking his shoulder and heard his daughter calling his name. He was immediately on alert for something being wrong, but apparently there wasn't since Kiyomi was grinning.

"What is it?" He asked in the middle of a yawn, stretching his arms as he looked around the truck. "Something wrong?"

Kiyomi pointed out the window it was now he realized just how close they were to their destination. They were on the stretch of road that was leading out to the Tybee beach. Wow, I've been out for a couple of hours. "What are you pointing at sweetie?" He asked, trying to figure out what had caught her interest.

"Look! There's a dinosaur over there!" She exclaimed, practically climbing into the front seat with him to try and point it out better. Akihito turned his gaze to where she was pointing, his eyes falling on short, long, scary looking creature. When he looked around a bit more he realized there was a lot more than just one.

"Those aren't dinosaurs' sweetie, they're alligators. They're like giant lizards only with really big teeth and a lot of attitude."

"Oooooh! Well…why are there picnic tables where they are?" Akihito blinked, squinting his eyes until sure enough he saw picnic tables and a running trail next to the swampy alligator domain. He was at a loss for words. Asami was even looking over and had a dumbfounded look on his face, neither of them coming up with a good answer to give their daughter.

Akihito cleared his throat, a sheepish smile coming to his face as he shrugged. "Because America, that's why." That was really the only answer he had, and though it wasn't a good one, it did get Kiyomi to giggle.

"That's entirely absurd…" Asami muttered under his breath, shaking his head as he just continued to drive forward, trying just to get them to the beach. Akihito was actually kind of surprised how long this freaking road was leading to the beach, almost as surprised he was when he found out earlier it was still eighty five degrees in October here! Finally though, after what seemed like forever, they reached the beach with the other party pulling up behind them in a nearly identical truck.

Everyone quickly jumped out their vehicles, relieved to get out and stretch their legs. Just from looking at Kirishima, Aki could tell that his car ride with the other five had him frazzled and pent up. Being in a tiny space with Fei, Mayuri, and Rin would do that to you, which made the photographer happy that they hadn't been stuck with them. Asami would have lost his shit and shot one of them in the first ten miles. When the secretary caught his gaze, Akihito grinned and stick his tongue out childishly at the man. Sucker!

Mayuri jumped out of the truck, thrusting his arm forward as he pointed to the beach, making eye contact with the blonde. "Last one to the water is a filthy land lover!" He yelled before taking off, prompting Akihito to follow behind him with his daughter running after him, leaving the others behind. He was not about to turn down a challenge, especially against the overconfident Mayuri. A chance to take him down a few pegs was not to be taken lightly.

"Hold it you three! Get yourselves back over here for sunscreen!"

"We can't hear you!" Mayuri called back as he and Akihito ignored the crimelord yelling after them, however Kiyomi ended up stopping on her heels. Unlike the other two, she actually didn't like the idea of getting sunburned. That left just the two of them in their race to the water, or at least that was what they thought. From behind, Akihito felt a strong arm wrap around his waist, lifting him up in mid run. The surprised photographer let out a small squeal before looking up to shoot Asami an annoyed glare. He was about to complain about the crimelord letting Mayuri win, but noticed the twinky fashion designer had also been caught and was lifted up off the ground by Asami's other arm. Akihito was a little surprised that he had been able to catch up to them so quickly, considering they were considerably smaller than he was and had a bigger head start. Then again, this was the great Asami they were talking about, so at this point being surprised about anything he showed he was capable of doing seemed ridiculous almost. "Is this really necessary, Asami?" The blonde hissed through his teeth, not appreciating being carried around like this in front of all these people.

"Yeah! You're no fun Ryu! I was about to win!" Mayuri whined, pouting as he crossed his arms over his chest.

"Excuse you?! I was about to win! You were miles behind me!" Akihito snapped back, trying to squirm out of his lover's hold In vain. Asami wasn't slacking off his grip for the life of him as he carried them both back up to the trucks. Knowing there was people all around watching this embarrassing ordeal, Aki tried to convince the bastard one more time to put them down and let them walk. This is freaking humiliating! I swear if that bastard doesn't put me down there is going to be hell to pay! I'm not a fucking child!

"Honestly, you're both little brats. Akihito, you know the doctor said it's bad for you to be in direct sunlight. Dangerous, even." Asami turned to the smaller form in his other arm. "And you have a sun allergy to worry about! You at least need to wear sunscreen to try and protect your skin. Not to mention you're as white as a ghost! Do you want to look like a lobster?"

"Aw come on Ryu, you're not being such a stick in the mud!~ I mean, what's life without a few risks here and there?~"

Akihito scoffed at the blue haired designer, completely bewildered with Mayuri as he stared at him. "You're allergic to the sun?! What kind of idiot with a sun allergy runs out onto the beach without sunscreen?!"

"The same kind of idiot that does it after being in the hospital with cancer, taking treatments that's made your skin paper thin!~" Alright, touché. "Besides, it's only a mild allergy. Not life threatening or anything!~"

"Allergies can get worse, Mayuri! Even I know that and I'm not super smart like you guys are supposed to be!" Akihito said, becoming rather exasperated over this (especially since the little shit-face just grinned and shrugged at him as a response) as they arrived at the trucks, finally. They were both allowed back to their feet and Akihito shot Asami a dirty look, trying to show him how displeased he was over the stunt the crimelord pulled. And just as he suspected, he was only met with Asami's uncaring smirk as he took the bottle of sunscreen from their daughter who had already covered herself with it. Like, thickly with weird globs everywhere. Aki couldn't help but giggle when she saw her, waving the little girl over. As Asami started applying the sun screen over him, the photographer worked on getting Kiyomi's into a more even layer so it didn't look as strange. To the left of them, Suoh was massaging lotion onto Mayuri, quietly scolding him over his carelessness. It was a little amusing to watch, and it made it that much for difficult for him to see the little twink as being the dominant in their relationship.

When he was finally covered to Asami's satisfaction, Aki turned to look at his lover and grin. "So now can I go play in the water, mom?" The crimelord smirked and chuckled, shaking his head.

"Fine, but you keep running your mouth like that and I'm going have to teach you a lesson." He said, his tiger-like eyes shining mischievously from the ideas going through his head. Akihito gulped, feeling heat rise to his face.
"Don't tempt me." Asami's smirk grew into a huge, shit-eating grin. It sent a chill down the photographer's spine as he grabbed his daughter's hand, "Come on, let's go hit some waves!" He cheered, trying to get her excited. Mission accomplished as he earned a squeal from the seven year old as she eagerly pulled his hand towards the ocean eagerly, making Aki giggle as he let her "lead" him. Seeing that big smile on her face made Akihito so insanely happy, and really it made him wonder how he survived without this little bundle of sunshine before she entered his life.

Kiyomi's POV

Ever since she had let her uncle Fei convince her to open that door and meet who were to be her future parents, Kiyomi's life had been filled with nothing but goodness and happiness. Every day felt like the best day ever, and this was no exception. Having never been to the beach before, much less on a family vacation, it was safe to say that she had been very excited when her Mommy told her where they were going. Even more so that it was supposed to be a surprise Daddy, something that had to be a secret between the two of them. Despite wanting to spill the beans over the last week, it turned out to be well worth all the anticipation since she was able to see everyone so happy! Uncle Fei, Kirishima, and her Daddy were all up on the beach, laying back on beach chairs with umbrella shade. Uncle Mayuri and Suoh were somewhere close to her and Mommy since she could hear their laughter and the splashes made from Suoh tossing Mayuri into the cold, salty waves. Then there was crazy Uncle Rin and Yoh, who were inside of a paddle boats, basically just going in circles. It made her giggle.

Seeing her Daddy look up from the magazine he was reading to look at them for the hundredth time, Kiyomi raised her little arm up and waved. "Daddy!~" She called out, grinning big in his direction. Seeing him wave back filled Kiyomi with a satisfying warmth in her chest. I don't want this to ever change!

Kiyomi was having so much fun jumping into the waves that she didn't realize that the current kept pulling her farther and farther away from the shore. She didn't notice until her feet couldn't touch the bottom anymore, and that's when she started to freak out, her eyes searching desperately for her mother as she kicked her legs frantically. Having never learned how to swim, not being able to touch the bottom was pretty scary. This panic didn't disappear until she felt hands lift her up, and she turned around to see Mommy's concerned face.

"Kiyomi, are you okay?"

Not wanting to make her mother worry, Kiyomi nodded. "Mhm! I just got scared a lil bit! But I'm okay!" Akihito seemed to relax at this.

"I was scared too! I took my eyes off you for a split second and the next thing I knew you were all the way out here."

"Hehe, sorry Mommy!~" Kiyomi chirped, kicking her feet a bit as her mother carried her closer to the shore, "Hey Mommy, are there actually any fish in here? I haven't felt any and we've been out here for like evers and ever!"

Akihito chuckled, "Oh yeah, lots of them! And sharks too!" He teased, lifting her up over a huge wave that crashed into the back of their legs. She squealed happily until she felt something brush against her ankles, and when she looked down she saw a grey fin. Kiyomi quickly pulled her feet up, eyes wide in terror. Did Mommy summon a shark?!

"M-Mommy! L-L-Look down!" She squeaked, clinging to her Mommy for dear life. She had seen Jaws, she knew how this ended. And she just wasn't about that life.

Upon looking down, the little girl was shocked to hear the string of naughty words leaving Mommy's mouth as he rushed for the shore, stumbling the entire way from all the seaweed and rocks under his feet. As they reached the beach again, Kiyomi saw her dad quickly approaching them, having noticed something being wrong from their freaking out.

"What's wrong? What happened?" Daddy asked, looking them both over to make sure there was no bodily harm done.

"We are done swimming for today…A shark swam right up next to us!" Mommy said, and then Kiyomi felt her feet touching the sand as her mommy set het down.

"Uh huh! It was a big shark! Like it was as big as a mountain Daddy! No, even bigger! As big as Ceska! It wanted to eat me! I just know it did! But Mommy was like a super hero and he picked me up and out swam the shark! I don't know how he did it but Mommy must be magic!"

Daddy chuckled, raising an amused eyebrow down at her. "Is he now?"

"There's no other explanation daddy! Mommy is a magical prince and I just know it! He makes food appear out of nothing! And he makes my socks and shoes appear when I know the mean monster under my bed stole them! Mommy's a real life super hero!" She didn't understand why they were both laughing at her! It was true!

"Mommy is a super hero, you're right princess." Kiyomi grinned proudly, watching as her Daddy smirked and looked over at Mommy, "Would you even wear the cape?"

She watched as strangely her mother became very red in the face as he muttered something she couldn't quite hear to Daddy.

Akihito's POV

"Stop that you dirty old bastard!" Akihito snapped at the crimelord in a very forceful whisper, "There's a child right there!"

"Kitten, all I did was ask a simple question. You're the one who went and made it dirty."

"Don't you dare play innocent with me! You don't have an innocent bone in your body!"

Asami looked ready to say something, but they were both stopped in the middle of their whispered bickering by their precious cinnamon roll of a child pushing her way between them. "We're on vacation! Stop being meanies to each other! And I want a snow cone!" The two men stared down at her for a moment, then at one another, before bursting into laughter.

"Okay bossy-butt, I'll go get you a snow cone. What kind do you want?" He asked with a snicker, though once he thought about shaved ice did sound pretty good. It was hot as Hades, so hot you could literally see the heat coming off the sand.

"Cotton candy!"

He gave her the thumbs up before turning to Asami, "I'll find you something you'll like too, don't worry." Akihito chirped before heading up to the pier, letting those two bond a little bit while he retrieved their shaved ice. Once on the pier, he got in the long line leading to the snow cones, and decided to go ahead and fish out his wallet. In front of him there were a group of women, eight or nine of them, all gossiping between one another. Being so close to him, he couldn't help but overhear their conversation.

"OMG, did you see that Asian hottie down there?" One of the blondes said, pointing down towards Akihito's party. Oh this is going to be gold.

"Which one? There's like three of them down there!" Actually, there's like seven, the others are just in the water.

"Not the glasses one or the hottie beside him. No, I'm talking about the one down there with the little kid! He's soooo hot, just look at that body." She swooned, trying to use her phone to get a better look at him. "And it looks like he's a single dad! I haven't seen a woman around him all day! That's so attractive!" Oh yeah it is, but that hot sex god is taken by his Kitten, so suck it ladies.

"Oh yeah, he's sexy as fuck. But I'm more into the one beside him, the beautiful one!~ His hair down to his chin…oh god imagine that in a bun?~ It would be soooo hot!" He would chew you up and spit you out.

"But the one with Glasses is also very attractive!~ And there's something mysterious about him!~ It's soooo cool!~" He also has a stick up so far up his ass it's resting inside his small intestine.

"Then it's settled ladies, let's go win us some hot guys!~" Akihito watched as they all got their colorful shaved ice before parading off the pier. I'll deal with them in a minute.

Ten minutes later he was walking through the hot sand towards his man and daughter, balancing three snow cones in his arms. Women had flocked around the three men, and where Kirishima seemed not to notice and Fei was soaking in their stares, Asami just looked plain annoyed. Time to save you for once!~ Straightening up, he held his head high as he walked through the crowd of women, right up to Asami and Kiyomi.

"Alright we have cotton candy shaved ice for my little princess, and coffee shaved ice for my man." Akihito chirped, speaking in English so the women around could understand what he was saying, handing his daughter her little cup of flavored ice before he plopped himself into Asami's lap, holding both his and the crime lords. Gasps and disappointed whispered echoed around them as the women shot him dirty looks before starting to disperse.

"Someone jealous?" Asami asked with a grin, peeking at him over his sunglasses. "And when did learn how to speak English?"

"Oh no, I just thought I'd save you!~ And come on Asami, English is taught in almost every high school! I'm not fluent, but even I can at least get by!"

"Save me? Did it look like I needed saving?"

Kiyomi answered for him, her face already strained pink and blue from her ice. "Yes! Those girls wouldn't stop staring at you like you were Mommy's hamburger steak! They must have had bad mommies and daddies if they think eating you is okay!" Oh my precious gumdrop, never change.

"Is that what they were doing? I didn't notice. But if that's the case, then I guess you're right. I definitely needed saving, and who better for the job then our superhero?" Asami said teasingly, but Kiyomi seemed to take it very serious as she nodded in agreement.

Aki couldn't help rolling his eyes, trying to hand Asami his cup of shaved ice. "Quit that and eat your ice." Asami reached out to accept the ice, but instead hit the bottom of the cup so that it was pushed into the blonde's face. He, Kiyomi, Fei, and Kirishima all burst into laughter as it fell from Aki's face, and he was covered in sticky liquid.

He licked his lips, tasting the bitter coffee flavor he had ordered specifically for his lover, being all nice and accommodating for his weird sweet-hating taste buds. Just nodding his head as they laughed, he grabbed his own blue raspberry shaved ice and held it up, pouting it over his lover. The other three laughed even louder as blue syrup stained from his hair, to his face, to even his chest. Asami didn't even look fazed, but Aki could tell he was about to get it.

"Akihito, that's going to stain me blue."

"Hey, you did it first!"

"….Kitten, sweetheart, I'm going to give you five seconds to run."

Oh crap, oh crap!

A few hours later….

Asami's POV

"Akihito, when you said you wanted to go shopping, I didn't think you intended to buy out every store." Asami stared down at his arms had hands that were weighed down with at least twenty plastic bags. He could feel the circulation starting to cut off.

Akihito just gave him a cute smile, "Well I wanted to get all the guards gifts and my grandparents! Oh, and Haruka too!"

The crimelord raised his eyebrow. "Well that explains one arm load, but what about these?" He gestured towards the other large assortment of bags that was currently stuck to his arm due to sweat.

"Those are for our Halloween party daddy!" Kiyomi piped up, skipping beside them as she carried a little striped baggy filled with candies they had gotten from a local candy shop. He resigned himself to being their pack mule for the day, following the pair around the main strip of town. After several hours and one trip to the truck to drop off more shopping bags, the three of them needed to rest and cool off. Does the temperature ever cool down here?! It's six in the afternoon and its still 85 degrees with what felt like 100 degrees humidity!

As the little family rounded the corner, the two younger ones stopped in their tracks, distracted by something. Asami noticed how their eyes lit up, both turning to look at him with those damned puppy eyes. If he couldn't say no to Akihito's, then how could he say no to both his and their little angel's? The world was stacking up against him.

"Daddy can we get cupcakes!?" She couldn't contain herself, already bouncing from one foot to another. Did he really want to add sugar to this?

"Yeah come on Daddy, cupcakes!" Aki joined in, batting his pretty blue eyes. They both knew that they already had him. Asami sighed, looking up at the cupcake shop. He could smell the sickly sweetness from out here, but then again it would have air conditioning….Yep, the decision was definitely made.

"Fine, we'll go get cupcakes." He muttered, opening the door for the cheering duo, walking in behind them. Inside it was decorated in hot pink and stainless steel, the walls light grey. At the counter there was a boy who must have just gotten out of high school, wiping down the counters with a big smile on his face.

"Welcome to Southern Delights! What can I do for you two cuties?~"

"Um…A bathroom would be great." Asami said, wanting to clean up since he no longer was weighed down by all those bags.

The boy pointed to a doorway that had a flight of stairs leading down. "Right down there to the left, darlin'. Remember the bathroom key!" Asami gave the boy a nod of thanks as he headed down the stairs, only to be stopped by the worker again. "Oh you silly goose, you forgot Roger!~" He called out, tossing something down towards the crimelord.

With ease he caught the item, his eyebrows furrowed in confusion to what the boy meant by that. Looking down into his arms, he saw a…toy tyrannosaurus with a key attacked to it. Ah…Roger. "Thanks…." He quickly went into the bathroom.

Coming back out after freshening up, Asami saw that his lover and daughter sitting at one of the table, waiting on him to start eating their cupcakes. Once he sat down, he was actually pleased to see that Akihito had gotten him just a cup of coffee rather than try and force him to eat that sugary mess. Kiyomi immediately dug into her rainbow cupcake, and he just knew it was going to stain her face again. They had just cleaned her up from that shaved ice not three hours ago, and now she was about to be a mess again. He tsked, before his eyes fell onto Akihito's that was currently being shoved gluttonously into his mouth.

"Oh god…what is that?" He asked, looking at the giant cupcake that was more icing than it was cake, the top covered in some weird tan powder with a little teddy gram sticking out the top.

"They call it a "snickerdoodle." You should really try this! It's delicious!" He exclaimed, eagerly taking another bite.

"Yeah…I'll take a hard pass." The shop door opened and the little bell above the door went off. Turning back in his chair, his eyes fell on a very burned Mayuri and a Suoh who was also pack muleing it up. Asami tsked and stood up, walking over to his friend and grabbing his wrist, pulling it out to look at his arm. Blistered and swollen. "Mayuri, you little idiot. Did you not apply any more sunscreen?"

"Hehehe, I forgot!~ Don't woooorrry though! I'm fine!~" The blue haired boy chirped, pulling his arm back. "It's really not that bad, just burns a lil!~"

Asami resisted the urge to groan. Why is he always so irresponsible? "What are you two doing here anyway?"

"Uh, cupcakes Duuuh! I'm feeling peckish and Kazumi is always hungry!~" He giggled, before running over to look at all the cupcakes inside the glass case. "Oooo! Aki, what do you suggest?~"

"The snickerdoodles! The one with the cute bear on it!" He called out, mouth still full. "It's soooo good!"

"Nuuu! Get the rainbow one! It tastes like magic!" Kiyomi interjected, her face absolutely covered in rainbow frosting.

Mayuri giggled, tapping his chin. "Both look like good options…I'll get both!~ Kazumi and I will half them!~" Suoh didn't object, instead he was using napkins to try and clean the sweat on his arms.

"Kazumi, just go the restroom, it's down the stairs over there." Asami informed the guard, directing him to where it was.

"Don't forget Roger!" Kiyomi called out as a "helpful" reminder, both she and Akihito giggling.

Asami shook his head and sighed, pointing to the dinosaur hanging on the wall. "Right, and remember Roger."

Thursday, October 26

Akihito's POV

Flashback.

After their day at the beach, everyone had gone their separate ways for a few days before they all planned on meeting back up a resort called Callaway Gardens. The three of them had stayed around Savannah for another day before heading to Okefenokee Swamp Park to see some more Alligators and see the nature, though Asami had insisted on it being seen from the safety of the truck. Apparently supposedly haunted and cursed forests were totally okay to explore, but alligator infested parks is where the line is drawn. A true bummer, really.

"Akihito, are you sure we're going the right way?!" Asami asked for about the hundredth time since they turned onto this long, straight road of nothing but trees. And for the hundredth time he looked at his phone's GPS just to make sure something hadn't changed in the last two minutes.

"Yes, we're going the right way! The GPS says it's literally right up ahead!"

The crimelord's hands tightened on the wheel, gritting his teeth. "You said that ten minutes ago."

"And now we're just we're just ten minutes closer than before!" Akihito insisted, getting equally as irritated at his lover. It wasn't like he could just make the damn place appear, a little patience was needed!

His irritation seemed to either go unnoticed, or ignored as Asami continued to gripe under his breath. "We haven't seen society in half an hour! We haven't even passed a single car! All I see is trees, and we're running low on gas! If I have learned anything from sitting through those godawful horror movies you like to watch, it's that this is the beginning signs that we're about to be murdered!"

"Oooo! If we meet a murderer can we keep them?~ I can keep them in my closet and I'll remember to feed them!" Kiyomi pipped up from the backseat. The photographer looked back at their daughter, appalled and a little shocked at her words. Why is she talking about a serial killer as if they're some sort of lost puppy?!

"I think not," Asami started, and their little princess looked down in disappointment, "Your closet is too crowded. I'll buy you a cage instead." That look of disappointment turned into one of pure joy and excitement, and now Aki was generally concerned about their daughter wanting them to meet such a person!

"Hehe Thank you Daddy!~"

"You're welcome Sweetheart."

He looked between them, shaking his head in disbelief. "You're both crazy! Asami, why would you tell her it's okay to keep a human being as a pet?!"

Asami stared forward, but smirked and shrugged nonchalantly. "I figured it's a great way for her to learn responsibility." Of course that's your damn answer, you bastard! The truck fell to silence for a few minutes, the only sound being the low music playing from some 90's rock station on the radio. Aki stared out the window, watching as endless trees flew by…until he saw something extremely interesting. Giggling, he gestured a thumb towards the suspicious moldy looking hot dog truck beside a trailer.

"Want a hotdog?" When his golden eyed lover saw what he was talking about, he looked ready to turn the truck around cut their little trip short. "Whaaaat?~ Not interested in the creepy road-side dogs?" The blonde asked cheekily before taking a sip from his water bottle.

"….Not on any of our lives would I pull over for something so disgusting. There is no way any of us are hungry enough for that."

"I dunno Daddy….I'm pretty hungry…" Kiyomi said, and as if her stomach were on a cue it started to growl.

Looking into the rearview mirror, Asami met their daughter's eyes. "I promise sweetheart, we will get breakfast as soon as we get there. We are meeting up with the others at that place your mother spoke about."

"Yeah! It's this general store that has some restaurant in it! I saw it online and it's looks super cool, plus you can buy like jams and preserves there! Not only that, they have a whole counter with sweets at the front. I'm buying stuff to take back home with us!"

Asami just chuckled, rolling his eyes. "Of course you are…"

Remembering their trip to this lovely resort put a smile on the photographers face as he worked on preparing dinner. It was never a dull moment when they were together, and since they had regrouped with the others it had gotten all the more lovely. Once they had all met up at the general store, Aki had asked everyone what they did since they separated. Mayuri and Suoh apparently did a double day at six flags, and Mayuri had been so excited to talk about all the rides and show off photos of all the characters they saw walking around the park. And of course they bought gifts for Kiyomi, mostly stuffed animals from the gift shops. They're going to spoil her rotten. Fei and Kirishima took a road trip to North Carolina to attend a tour of the Biltmore, where apparently Fei tried to buy said monument. From how pissy the Baishe leader had been when they met up, it was clear they didn't accept his offer. Then there was Rin and Yoh, who apparently went gambling. When asked if they won big, Akihito had been met with Rin's usual reply of "I cannot say," but from the expensive rings on their fingers…the photographer had reason to believe they did and used that money for something they both wanted. Well, good for them.

After the long day they spent out and about the lovely resort (And in the town near), they were all finally settling in the cabins they had rented for their stay. The cabins were each three bedrooms with fully stocked kitchens, each with their own hot tubs as well. It was nice, cute, and comfortable. Everyone was currently inside Asami's and Aki's cabin as the blonde was working on making them a nice, homemade dinner. After so many days of eating out, they were all craving some familiar food, thus why Akihito was working on making katsu curry for everyone while jamming out to the music playing from his phone, dancing along.

"Mind if I help?" Aki turned and saw Rin standing in the doorway, dressed in a pair of loose grey sweatpants and a black v-neck shirt with black socks on. His usual tidy hair was messy and all over the place from where he must have just taken a shower before heading over, and looking at him right now Akihito barely recognized him. He…looked so normal, and a lot younger than what he originally thought of him. What made him really not recognize him though was the fact he was also speaking normally.

"Um…Yeah, sure. You know what I'm making?"

Rin examined the ingredients the photographer had laid out then nodded. "Katsu curry, right?"

"Good eye! Do you know how to make it?"

"With my eyes closed." Was the guards response as he walked over, jumping in like a real pro on helping him with butchering the meat a bit, getting the fat removed. A smile quirking onto Akihito's face, he shook his head a bit before continuing what he was doing. He had expected the other to start more conversation, but he didn't. Instead he just worked quietly, nodding his head along to the music. Huh, I can get used to this. He thought to himself, glancing over at his guard every once in a while just to observe this rare sight. Seeing the guard constantly shifting legs uncomfortable, Akihito was reminded of his own knees that were still hurting a little bit from their fun just a couple hours ago.

Flashback:

Akihito smiled as he focused the camera, taking a few shots of Asami helping Kiyomi across the swinging logs that were hanging from branches high up in the tree. This had been the last thing planned for their first day in Callaway, the Tree Top Adventure. It was basically an obstacle course in the trees consisting of swinging planks, logs, x's, walking across tight ropes and nets, and the best part was the zip lining. Akihito had been so excited to do it, but ended up having to tap out after half because he was still weak and recovering from treatments. So he had tired quickly, and right now his body felt beat to hell and back. Disappointing, but at least that meant he could get some really good shots to put into a memory album.

The other six had at some point turned it into a competition on who could get through it the fastest, and looking over he could see it was coming down to Rin and Yoh, and right behind them was Mayuri who was trying desperately to find a spot he could use to breeze past them. It amused Akihito to no end really, especially since this was all very against the rules and very dangerous, plus the workers were literally losing their shit. It was great, though he had much rather watch his crimelord with Kiyomi.

It was really cute to see Asami being so slow and patient with their little girl, encouraging her to get across even the scariest of areas and looking so proud when she made it across. It made his heart flutter, and honestly it was a little hot, seeing his man being such a good father. And seeing their daughter looking so happy with herself, it really just made it worth it. Even if he couldn't be up there with them, just being able to witness this and capture it made the disappointment disappear.

"Ready for another zip line?" Asami asked, loud enough that Aki heard so he could grab out his phone to take a video. Of course he was going to get at least one video of his precious princess going down a zip line! Her grandparents would kill him if he didn't send them a video of her being so brave!

"Uh huh!" Kiyomi said, looking down towards Akihito, waving down and giving him a toothy grin before turning to listen to what Asami was saying.

"Alright, remember how to do it?" She nodded, getting down into position to show him, "Good girl, now this one's a lot longer than the last ones. You're across the lake and it's going to get fast, but don't be scared. Your uncles already did it and they're fine."

"I'm not scared Daddy! I like this part, it's like I'm flying!" She said confidently, making Aki grin as he readied his phone to take the video.

Asami patted the top of her helmet, nodding. "That's my girl. Now, go on. I'll follow after you once you've reached the other side."

"Okay!" After a couple seconds of gaining her confidence up, she pushed off the platform and started gliding down the zip line, across the beautiful, sparkling blue lake.

"Oh my god, I love this song!" Aki jumped a bit as he was torn from his thoughts, eyes going wide as he looked at Rin. It took him a second to comprehend what he had said, but once it hit him and the song playing registered to him, Akihito grinned wide. Stray Cats Strut by Stray Cat.

"Me too! It's like…one of my favorite!" The blonde said, already starting to tap his foot along to the catchy, jazzy beat. Rin seemed to have the same idea, and keeping eye contact with one another, they both jumped into singing along.

"Black and orange stray cat sittin' on a fence

I ain't got enough dough to pay the rent

I'm flat broke but I don't care

I strut right by with my tail in the air"

Akihito giggled as he watched Rin full on start dancing to the chorus, spinning on the hardwood floor before holding the spatula he was using out towards the photographer, mouthing the chorus.

"Stray cat strut, I'm a ladies cat

I'm a feline Casanova, hey man that's that

Get a shoe thrown at me from a mean old man

Get my dinner from a garbage can"

Joining in with the guard's crazy dancing, in sync again they slid past one another which was made easy with their socks, their eyes locking as they sang into their individual cooking utensils. A big grin was plastered onto Akihito's face as his entire body moved to the music, Rin tapping his foot to the beat as he pointed to the photographer.

"I don't bother chasing mice around

I slink down the alleyway looking for a fight

Howling to the moonlight on a hot summer night

Singin' the blues while the lady cats cry

"Wild stray cat, you're a real gone guy"

I wish I could be as carefree and wild

But I got cat class and I got cat style"

Just as the song went, they started strutting through the kitchen like they freaking owned the place, singing as loud as they could. Akihito had never imagined himself doing this with anyone, much less the guard that had freaked him out since he met him. But getting to see him like that, fuck did Aki think he was actually a really fun guy. How could you not respect a guy who would burst into song and dance with you?! It was impossible, really!

With the song coming to its end, Aki slid to the ground on his knees to air guitar that awesome solo that came at the end, bending all the way back 'til his head about touched the ground. Then it was really over, and he sat back up to meet eyes with Rin, before they both burst into laughter. A hand was offered to him and gratefully Akihito accepted it, letting the guard pull him up to his feet.

"Oh man, that was awesome!" He giggled, unable to stop grinning ear to ear.

Snickers came from behind them, and turning they were met with everyone standing in the doorway, staring at them with amused looks. Oh yeah, Aki had forgotten for a moment that literally everyone had been in the living room just the next room over. Fei was holding his cell phone up, taking video with a smirk while the others all laughed. Well, everyone accept Yoh, for he still kept his stone faced look.

"F-Fei! You better delete that!" Akihito snapped, running over to try and take the phone from his friend.

"Nah ah-ah!~ This is totally payback for that "made in china" prank you pulled on me." The Chinese man said with a shit-eating grin, "But don't worry, I'll make sure to add you to the mailing list so you can have a copy of this gold!~"

Akihito found his cheeks turning a dark shade of red as he tried in vain to grab the phone from Feilong's hands. The only thing he succeeded in doing was looking like a little kid who was too short to reach something being held above their head.

"I better be on that mailing list." Asami stated, and seeing the devious look the two shared with one another sent a chill down the blonde's spine. This was going to be black mail material for the rest of his life. Aki turned to try and get Rin on his side, but somehow the guard had vanished out of thin air.

Traitor.

Asami's POV

With everyone finally leaving to their individual cabins, Asami finally found his time to relax after such a long day. Kiyomi had begged them to let her stay with Kei and Fei, and really the crimelord was more than okay with letting her go so he could have some private time with Akihito. But right now he really needed to decompress a bit, which explained why he was stretched out on a lounge chair, freshly showered in just his robe while smoking a cigar. He was surrounded by candles that repelled mosquitos, considering he had gotten eaten alive throughout the day by those horrid, demonic little beasts.

The screen door opened and out walked his little blonde Kitten, drying his hair with a towel while wearing his camo boxers and black tank top. "Asami? I thought you stopped smoking…" Aki trailed off, and Asami could tell just from the glint in the boy's eyes that he was about to start nagging and scolding.

"It's just a cigar, Akihito. Besides, I spent all day doing all those things you wanted, can I not enjoy a little time to myself on this vacation too? You didn't even let me go golfing earlier."

"A cigar can lead you back into that nasty habit! And you enjoyed yourself just like the rest of, don't pretend you didn't! If you really want to go golfing though, you can go tomorrow." Akihito said, looking at him expectantly. Stubborn boy….

"I'm not putting it out." Asami deadpanned, looking away from his pouty Kitten to admire the nature around him, basically ignoring him.

"Hmph, well fine. I guess I'm just going to bed…alone…naked…" With those words the boy left, and Asami knew exactly what Akihito was trying to do. He was so tempted to toss the cigar out and take advantage, but he willed himself to stay put and just relax. Besides, if he wanted his Kitten nude, he could get him that way himself.

Thinking about it, Akihito hadn't really been wrong, he had enjoyed himself with everything they did today. It was things he never would have chosen himself to do, but having experienced them it was definitely a lot more fun than he anticipated. Going to the gardens was fine, and he liked seeing Akihito so enamored with the flowers, the passion that shone in his eyes as he took hundreds of pictures. The Tree top adventure had been something he dreaded, but he actually ended up really liking it. The zip lining had been a little uncomfortable, but it was still enjoyable. Asami wished that his adrenaline junkie lover could have finished the course with them, and so he was already making plans to build something like this out at the house for Akihito to enjoy.

Now what was probably his least favorite thing they did, yet oddly also his favorite, was that weird zoo they went too that Kiyomi had been dead set on them going. There had been a part of it you could walk around and see the animals in cages, as you do in most all zoos, but then there was also the part you drove through. They bought cups of animal food, loaded up into the truck, and then drove into an open part of the zoo where animals literally roamed wild. They fed zebras, buffalo, wild pigs, giraffe, and a shit ton more! There was nothing like turning your head to see a giant zebra head coming through your window, or a buffalo that slobbered all over the inside of that beautiful rental. The best and worst was the giraffe though, because it could not get enough of them! They all got licked by that thing a hundred time, and were just covered in thick layers of slobber. It was so disgusting, but also pretty hilarious.

Asami frowned when he suddenly heard something weird, quickly putting him on high alert as he put out his cigar. Slanted, golden eyes stared out into the darkness, ears straining to hear whatever that was again. For a good minute he didn't hear anything, making him start to think it was just an animal or something. Then the sound happened again, louder this time. Unlike that last time where it stopped after once, it kept going, and now Asami could make out what it was and he was low key horrified.

Suoh and Mayuri had rented the cabin next to theirs, and right he could hear everything that was going on….and what he could hear was a lot of screaming, begging, and moaning from his guard. With a sour, disgusted taste in his mouth, Asami hurried himself to get away from that. Seriously, how loud did they have to be?!

"What's wrong? You look like, really disturbed." Akihito spoke up, and when Asami's eyes fell on his lover he saw that the boy had been true to his words. He laid sprawled out on the king sized bed, his breathtakingly perfect body naked and on display for Asami's hungry stare. It was almost enough to make him forget the horror he just encountered.

"You really don't want to know, Kitten."

"Oh well now you've got me curious!~" The photographer giggled as he hopped up from the bed, starting to head through the little cabin towards the front door. As soon as Aki swung the door open, the crimelord knew he regretted it.

"OH MASTER!"

As soon as their ears were subjected to this, the door was quickly slammed shut and locked by a very pale looking Akihito. Hey, I warned him. "…That was more terrifying than the shark."

"I think I would rather be inside one of those shark cages, surrounded by great whites than hear that again." Asami said, agreeing with what the blonde said. Of course, that was until he got an idea. Without as much as a warning, he picked his naked lover up and started carrying him back towards the room.

"Ryuichi! What are you doing?!"

Asami chuckled, smirking devilishly. "I think we can do better." Oh Mayuri, you think you can make your submissive scream louder than I can mine? You are sadly mistaken…Sorry Kitten, you're in for a rough night.

Sunday, October 29

Akihito's POV

"I'm going to head up stairs and get changed, okay?" Asami murmured to the photographer, pressing a gently kiss to his lips as he walked past.

"Alright, just be fast! I'm not getting left to do all the unpacking!" Around Akihito, everyone was chatting and laughter could be heard. The house was going to be full for a few days since it seemed kind of pointless for everyone to leave, only to come back for the Halloween party he and Mayuri had convinced Asami to put on in the coming days. It had taken a lot of convincing on Aki's part to get his lover to agree, but after offering something the man just couldn't refuse, the plan was a successful go. Though thinking back, he kind of regretted going as far as he did with the bribe. Just thinking about what he would have to do tonight sent a shiver down his spine.

The buzzer at the door brought him out of his head, the blonde's eyebrows furrowing. They weren't expecting anyone, especially considering they just got home. Still, someone had to see who it was, and Asami was upstairs. So Akihito made his way over to the security monitor, hitting the button that let him see who it was. It was one of their guards, and he looked pretty freaked out about something. Oh god…what is it this time? Akihito pressed the button for the outside speaker. "Yes? Is something wrong?"

"Takaba-Sama! Um…something was left here for the boss…" Alright, well this seems sketchy.

"What is it?"

"It's…you're just going have to see it, Takaba-Sama." Of course, it's never easy with these guys.

Akihito sighed, nodding before he realized the guy couldn't see him. "Alright, just leave it on the porch, I'm coming out." After turning the monitor off, he opened the front door and headed outside…to see the guard holding something rather interesting.

"I-I'm sorry sir! I was just doing my rounds and I found it left by the gate!" The man said quickly, to which Akihito felt his heart tear as he bent down to look at the baby carrier in the man's hands. Inside, there was a tiny baby who couldn't be any older than six weeks, with chubby cheeks and fuzzy black hair.

"Someone just left a baby at our gate?!" Akihito said in horror as he picked the baby up out of the carrier, cradling it in his arms. "Oh god…who would do something like that to such a pretty little baby?" What kind of monster could do that?!

"Yes sir, and I have no idea. But I've got to get back to my job…" The guard trailed off before he quickly walked away, and Akihito had a sneaking suspicion that the guard was hiding something from him. He opened his mouth to call out to the guard, to tell him to bring his ass back over here, but he was stopped by the squirming in his arms. And looking down at this beautiful baby boy, Akihito figured he found out what it was the guard knew and hadn't told him.

When the baby opened his eyes, Akihito stood frozen. This baby has golden eyes.