Chapter 7

You cannot force someone to love you

All you can do is become someone who can be loved

The rest is up to them.

Alone by himself in the dark, Misaki doesn't know how long the time has passed since he was being locked. He prayed endlessly that everything that he had experienced before is just a nightmare so he hoped that he will immediately woke up on a bed, and found himself being entangled in Akihiko's strong arms.

He had recently woke up from his slumber, but not at the place that he expected to be. Being in a room that is so dark that he hardly could see anything and lying on the cold surface, whilst not wearing a single piece of cloth on his frail, yet small and fragile body. Being in this room for a long time could cause him to become claustrophobia. (A/N: It means fear of tight and enclosed place, not fear to Santa Claus hahaha ;D)

He could feel pain immersing from his forehead and his body, and he knew the reasons why. It is what he deserved for upsetting Akihiko who greatly loves him more than anyone else. He believed that he had done a very terrible mistake that he couldn't stop blaming himself. What an idiot I am, he thought.

"Usagi-san... I'm sorry... Please forgive me..."

Tears trickling down from his emerald eyes, he couldn't hear anything other than the echoes of his own sobs.

"Nii-chan... I'm such a trouble to Usagi-san...He shouldn't live altogether with someone like me, but... I want to stay by his side forever."

How badly Misaki wanted to bow himself down head over heels to Akihiko, apologizing to him. But judging from Akihiko's previous act, it doesn't seem that the latter had forgiven the former. He felt that he is willing to go against great lengths in order for his landlord's forgiveness. He would rather lick Akihiko's shoes than being loathed by him.

Even though that he could tell that Akihiko had a change of personality as the latter is usually very kind and thoughtful to him, but he immediately shrugged off that thought away from his head and thoroughly feeling guilty for everything.

"If I hadn't stop sensei, Usagi-san will not do this to me..."

But what if Akihiko tracks down Ijuuin for his past doings? He will surely give the mangaka a severe beating or something worse such as killing him for good. Oh no, that is better not happened.

"Usagi-san! You can beat me instead, but please don't hurt sensei...!"

Of course, being compressed in a room, there's nothing that oneself could do to spend the time other than having countless thoughts or taking a trip to the Dreamland.

Misaki's thoughts died as the door in the dark room was opened, the lights from the outside came inside the room and blinded his eyes for a moment.

There was no one else at the door, other than Akihiko himself. Misaki trembled as his feelings of relief and fear were combined into one.

Akihiko approached him. He gently picked him up then wrapped his arms around Misaki's waist while giving him a peck on the lips. "Good morning, my dear Misaki..."

"U-, Usagi-san...?"

Unfortunate for Misaki, he was slapped hard on the face and fell on the ground.

"Stop calling me by that stupid name."

Carefully Misaki caressed his bruised cheek. Even though he is not someone that would cry so easily if it is not for others' sake, he couldn't stop his eyes from forming even more tears.

"Then... Akihiko-san...?"

Akihiko was brimming with happiness as this is the first time Misaki had called him by his given name. "That's much better," he kissed Misaki while sliding his tongue inside the latter's mouth as usual, batting their tongues altogether.

After pulling away from the kiss, Akihiko left Misaki in the room but in this time he left the door open. "Would you please prepare breakfast for me? I'm hungry."

Misaki slowly nodded. After some efforts of strengthening himself to stand up, he left the room and grabbed his towel, as he needed to clean himself in the bathroom first.

...

Staring to the reflection of himself in the large mirror in the bathroom, Misaki could see bruises on his cheeks, a small wound on his forehead which was still bleeding, visible bite marks on his necks and hickeys all over his body.

"Usagi-san never been this harsh whenever we were having sex... And it's all because of me."

All he needs to do after this is apologize. Apologize to Akihiko with all of his might and admit that he is totally wrong over everything. He's the one to blame, not Ijuuin or Akihiko. It's all his fault.

He turned the tap and filled the bathtub with warm water, then continued to gaze towards the mirror once again even though he knew doing that is totally pointless and staring to the mirror for a long time can cause more depression and anxiety, as study shows.

Yes, everyone would get depressed and anxious easily at their own looks, but Misaki is a rather different case. He was depressed of the markings that Akihiko had inflicted on him. He regretted everything.

Misaki doesn't realize that someone was silently creeping behind him. Then the brunette was slammed to the mirror, with his palms being firmly pressed onto the cold and smooth surface of the mirror by a pair of large hands. Misaki was very aware of whose those hands belonged to. (A/N: This scene is unofficially ripped off from Okane ga Nai.)

A low and husky voice whispered to his ear, "What took you so long? I'm so hungry for breakfast... and you."

"Please let me go, Usa-... I mean, Akihiko-san...! You're hurting me...!"

Akihiko pulled Misaki to the bathtub by arm, then he dunked the latter's head into the lukewarm water which was almost completely filling the tub, suffocating him. "I'm so tired of going easy over you now."

He yanked the brunette's hair out of the water, then dunked his head again, repeating this process over and over mercilessly. "If you're going to keep up like this, then from now one I will set some rules for you to obey, or else punishments will await for you."

"I'm sorry, Akihiko-san... Please stop! I can't take it anymore...!" Misaki coughed as water entered his throat through his nose. The wound at his forehead would surely takes quite a slow time to heal as it was in contact with water.

Akihiko stopped; he freed his grip of Misaki's hair. The brunette was relieved for a moment, until his landlord scooped his small body and put him in the tub. Akihiko stripped himself, leaving his clothes on the floor and get himself into the tub.

"You better sit still and don't make any movements. Got it?"

Misaki obediently nodded. Even though he hoped that Akihiko will not do anything harsh to him, he prepared himself to tolerate everything.

Akihiko spewed some body soap on his palms and ran his hands on Misaki's skin. While washing the uke's body, he enjoyed groping it at the same time. "We should have do this more often. I don't mind how dirty you had become; I'm always ready to wash you." He freely touched Misaki as the latter couldn't stop him from doing so. "You always enjoyed my touches from beginning, do you?"

"Ahh... Akihiko-san... It feels so good..."

~Omake~

Sasaki Naoto: Ohh Misaki-chan... I love Misaki-chan so freaking much! ~/w/~ At first when I started watching JR I'm not a big fan of him, but when I came across of the episode where Takahiro-san talks about him in the phone to Akihiko-sama... I realized that Misaki-chan is like an angel, so innocent and pure... His voice actor (Takahiro Sakurai-sama) is like an angel too!

Hiroki: If you love him then why you had made him suffer!?

Sasaki Naoto: Because I'm his worst yet biggest fangirl. Many people would fangirl over Akihiko-sama, Hiroki-san and Nowaki-san the most, but for me, it's Misaki-chan... I love him the most!

Nowaki: I heard that so many people hate him! But why?

Sasaki Naoto: Because of his tsundere-ness towards Akihiko-sama and his obliviousness about his own feelings of course... I admit that he annoys me sometimes about it... But he's still my number one! Akihiko-sama comes next!

Miyagi: Some people said that he is very similar to Chiaki in SIH. Really?

Sasaki Naoto: I completely disagree with that! Chiaki is not as kind-hearted as Misaki is! D: Misaki may be the most annoying character in JR, but he also has the biggest heart of gold compared to anyone in JR and SIH, absolutely! That's why I love him!

Shinobu: Too bad that many people in the fandom never noticed that.

Sasaki Naoto: I agree! They all seriously must stop the Misaki hate! As the saying goes, we must always see the bright side of everything! Misaki's good points are too good to be ignored! *burns in a fiery passion*

Hiroki: Oh my god, she's on fire! Anyone got fire extinguisher?

Sasaki Naoto: I'm so fired up because of the amount of hate that my beloved Misaki received from the fan dumb! Anyway thanks for reading and reviews are welcomed! Reviews keep us alive!

~The Uke Awards by Sasaki Naoto :D~

Onodera Ritsu – The fusion of all the three ukes in JR.

Yoshino Chiaki – The most clueless uke.

Kisa Shouta – The cutest uke.

Takatsuki Shinobu – The most handsome uke.

Kamijou Hiroki – The funniest uke.

Takahashi Misaki – The nicest and the most kind-hearted, caring and selfless character compared to all of the characters in Nakamura-sensei's works.(LOL this is kinda biased)