Chapter 15
Success is not final
Failure is not fatal
It is the courage to continue that counts.
It was noon at that time and Misaki was alone by himself at the kitchen preparing for lunch, despite he couldn't stand for a long time due to his injured bottom that he was forced to take some breaks by each period of time.
As he was working over the stove a pair of muscular arms began to entangle his waist from behind and pulled him into an embrace.
"Misaki... What's for lunch today?" Akihiko whispered to Misaki's ear that the brunette could exactly feel the warmth of the novelist's breath onto his earlobe.
"It's some of your favourite meals today..." he replied in a slow and quiet tone, his small frame slightly trembled from the older man's closeness to him.
Usually Misaki would protest over it if Akihiko did his daily 'self-nourishment' to him when he was preoccupied with something like chores, but due to the latter's sudden change in personality he was unable to do anything against him or even raising his voice in the slightest.
Akihiko didn't say anything for a reply; instead he planted some kisses on Misaki's thin neck that quickly driven the brunette being uncomfortable, but he did nothing to stop him.
"Umm, Akihiko-san... Would you mind if I ask you something?"
"What is it?"
"Are you having any problems lately?"
"Why are you asking that?"
"I'm sorry to say this but I had a feeling that now... You... You have..." Misaki couldn't finish his words as his tongue suddenly went heavy as if tonnes of metals.
"What? What are you going to say about it?"
"You... have changed." said Misaki after succeeded to bring up some courage within himself. From his perspective, Akihiko is not the usual kind-hearted Usagi-san that he had known and loved for a long time but he tried his best to shrug that selfish thought away.
Akihiko tightened his hold of Misaki that made the brunette almost jumped in shock and fear. "I do have a problem, and it had been bothering me for all over the time and it totally pisses me off."
"Wha- , what is it? I would've gladly do anything to help..."
"YOU."
Akihiko pushed Misaki down on the floor and pinned him with his weight as he crawled on top of the brunette. "For God's sake everyone nowdays are always trying to steal you away from me for all over the time and that really makes me sick."
"Akihiko-san, please... Not now... I'm still...!"
"And you always act unwillingly whenever I'm going to touch you, can't you stay obedient to me forever? Asking me to stop over and over, I think my head is going to explode from it."
The older man leaned down and pressed his lips onto the younger man's, then his tongue penetrated the younger man's mouth and locked the latter's tongue to keep their lips in position. He kissed him hungrily as truly a skilled kisser he is.
He enjoyed himself with the kiss until the sound of the doorbell being pressed could be heard throughout the living room.
"Tch." Akihiko cursed under his breath as he had to pull away from kissing Misaki, so he left the brunette lying by himself on the floor and headed to the door. He opened it to reveal Takahiro paying a visit to them.
"Hey Usagi, sorry to intrude for suddenly visiting to your house!" said Takahiro while smiling.
"Oh it's you, Takahiro! It's okay, I'm glad to have you coming here," Akihiko smiled back in order to hide his deep feeling of annoyance as Takahiro INDEED intruding his moments with Misaki earlier. He welcomed him inside nevertheless, despite of how angry he was to him actually.
"So what brings you here?"
"Nothing much. Yesterday I called and it totally left me worried in the end... I felt as if something wrong is happening with Misaki... Speaking of Misaki, where is he now?"
"Niichan...?" At the sight of Takahiro, Misaki quickly rushed to him in a painful manner. "NIICHAN!" The brunette threw his arms around his older brother and buried his face in the latter's chest. How badly he wanted to hold Takahiro and cried in his embrace all day long.
"Misaki!?" Takahiro was stunned at Misaki's sudden actions to him, then he slowly returned the hug and gently stroked his baby brother's hair in emphasis. "What's the matter, is there any problem bothering you? Tell me."
"So the reason he's here is only for Misaki? What a troublesome guy. Couldn't he just leave us alone!?" thought Akihiko while silently sighed, feeling irritated with Takahiro's big brother instincts.
Realized of what he had just done, Misaki immediately broke away from the embrace. "Ehh!? What the hell am I doing... Suddenly running up to you like a three-year-old child..."
Takahiro gasped for a moment after seeing Misaki's face. "Misaki! What happened to face!? He cupped the brunette's face in his hands. "How could you got this bruises!?"
"Niichan... I was..." Misaki took both of Takahiro's hands and slowly slipped them down. "I fell in the bathroom yesterday!" He smiled while looking up to his brother's sapphire eyes.
"Geez Misaki, you need to be more careful next time... If you're always like this then I'll be worrying about you for the rest of my life!"
"Good old Takahiro, he's totally oblivious for good as ever." A smirk formed at Akihiko's charming face.
"Misaki," the novelist called. "Can you please clean my workroom upstairs? If you don't mind."
"Umm... Okay..." Misaki nodded, then he painfully ascended the stairs while holding on the rails to keep his balance and lastly entered Akihiko's workroom. Takahiro watched him concernedly.
"That Misaki... He always ended up in troubles yet he is so independent, as stubborn as always." feeling upset, Takahiro shook his head.
"Anyways," Akihiko sat down on the couch. "Takahiro, please sit down. There's something that I've wanted to tell you for a long time..."
...
"What the hell is going on with me!? I'm going to be a total burden to Niichan if he found out! And Akihiko-san will..."
He thought so repeatedly in his head as he collected the scattered various type of stuffs on the floor (just what the hell Akihiko does while writing that his place become a total mess) and keep them in their rightful places that took somewhat an hour or maybe longer.
"Crap, I forgot to serve some tea for Niichan..."
Misaki came out from the room and carefully walked down the stairs that unfortunately took couples of minutes. He saw that Akihiko and Takahiro were both talking about something that he didn't know the details about it.
"Niichan, you must be thirsty right? I'm going to prepare some – "
"MISAKI!"
A sudden angered Takahiro grabbed Misaki by the shirt and jerked him closer harshly.
"N-, Niichan...?" said Misaki out of fear and confusion. He was sure that he didn't do anything that could provoke his older brother to this level earlier.
Takahiro slapped Misaki hard across the face, so strong that the brunette fell on the floor.
"Answer me honestly... Is what I had just heard from Usagi is true!?"
"Wha –" Misaki tried to stand up but Takahiro was fast enough to stop him from doing so.
"DON'T RAISE YOURSELF YET! JUST SIT DOWN THERE!"
Obeying Takahiro, Misaki sat on the floor with his bottom on his folded legs; he put both of his hands on his lap and looked down.
Akihiko did nothing to help, instead he just sit on the couch and calmly watched both of the brothers.
"Misaki... You had become a gay now, didn't you!?"
Misaki could felt that his heart was at the verge of stopping as now Takahiro had found out about the only thing he doesn't want his brother to do so. Actually he does had accepted the fact that he is gay for a long time, it's just he cannot spit it out due to some reasons.
"That's right, Takahiro. Both of us have sex for almost every night now, so that explains why he couldn't walk properly now because of the anal sex he and I had last night." answered Akihiko in place of Misaki.
"IS THAT TRUE, MISAKI!?"
Misaki was still looking down since he was unable to look at his brother's face at the moment. He buckled his fists and answered in a slow tone, "Yes..."
"So... YOU DO LOVE HIM!?" Takahiro pointed his forefinger to Akihiko behind him.
Takahiro's third question made Misaki deeply blushed in red that he swallowed some portion of saliva in his throat after hearing it.
"Yes... I do!"
This reply caused Takahiro's blood to boil even more vigorously while Akihiko had a sinister smirk upon his face. The latter always genuinely knew that Misaki does love him as greatly as he does.
Takahiro lowered his voice in agony to his baby brother's honesty. "You do enjoy having sex with him...?"
"If I don't want it, then I wouldn't stay with him..."
Takahiro pushed Misaki on the floor and started to slap him across the face endlessly without any mercy to his baby brother. He didn't realize that this is the first time he had beaten him so nor he expected that he will someday.
"WHAT THE HELL JUST GOT INTO YOU!? FROM THE MOMENT YOU HAD BORN TILL NOW, I NEVER TAUGHT YOU TO BECOME A GAY AND NEITHER OUR PARENTS DID! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW DISSAPPOINTED THEY WILL IF THEY KNEW!? AND NOW YOU SECRETLY DOING NAUGHTY THINGS AT MY BACK WITH NO ONE ELSE OTHER THAN MY BEST FRIEND!"
"Niichan, I'm sorry... I'm really sorry... " Misaki's tears began to stream freely from his innocent emerald eyes that had become dull and lifeless as it had lost it natural radiance.
"JUST WHAT IS THE MISTAKE THAT I HAVE DONE WHILE RAISING YOU THAT YOU BECAME LIKE THIS!? TELL ME, WHAT IS IT!?"
"Enough."
Akihiko grabbed one of Takahiro's hands in order to stop him from hurting Misaki further. "What already done is done and you can't change it no matter what you did."
"Urrgghh!" Takahiro pulled his hand away from Akihiko's grip, then he stood up to leave the house.
"Ah, Niichan!" Misaki raised himself from the floor, attempting to stop his brother. "Where are you going!?"
Takahiro threw a murderous glare to Misaki. "Don't you dare to call me that ever again. Starting from today I don't have a younger brother anymore! We're now are complete strangers so I will not stop you from doing what you want to do. Just go on with your life as a gay from now on."
Misaki's legs gone weak, so he knelt on the floor and hugged Takahiro's leg. "Please don't say that... I'm totally sorry! Please forgive me..."
Akihiko in the other hand felt the opposite. In fact, he couldn't describe how happy he was since now Takahiro will never give a damn about his baby brother so no one will stop him from doing anything that he wanted towards Misaki.
Takahiro kicked Misaki away from him that the latter badly sprawled on the floor afterwards. "I don't want to see your face anymore." he said before closing the door, signalling his departure from the Usami residence.
"Niichan..." Misaki sobbed harder after Takahiro left, his tears that resembled glittering little diamonds dripped continuously onto the floor.
"Shhh, it's okay..." Akihiko pulled Misaki into his arms and hugged him, pushing the brunette's face against his broad chest and stroked his hair. He let his shirt being soaked by Misaki's tears.
"Akihiko-san..." Despite of how terrible of Akihiko to him recently, Misaki couldn't help but being carried away by the intense feel of warmth and comfort from the older man's gentle embrace.
"Shouldn't you be happy? Now no one will be in our way of being altogether..." said Akihiko as he slowly pulled out a pair of handcuffs from his pocket, and then...
~Omake~
Sasaki Naoto: Uwaaah I'm managed to make this chapter 2k long as suggested by Teabags-sama... Finally! (OMG TEABAGS-SAMA IS READING THIS BORING FIC I FEEL SO HONOURED)
Hiroki: So you tried to make it longer with this stupid segment too?
Sasaki Naoto: Yeah... *emo*
Shinobu: Yet so many people still took their time and didn't miss this for every freaking single chapter.
Sasaki Naoto: Seriously...
Nowaki: What? What is it?
Sasaki Naoto: Am I the only one who dislikes onions/garlics?
Hiroki, Nowaki, Miyagi and Shinobu: *facepalm*