Chapter 23: Relationships

11:55 AM (Japan Time), Thursday December the 22nd…

"… Wait a minute!"

Eboshi was sitting inside of his bedroom when the doorbell rang out.

Today he wore a yellow shirt with a small green tie along with navy blue shorts having suspenders attached to them.

He walked over to the entry hall and looked out through the peep hole.

"It's Tooru – kun…" He muttered.

He unlocked the door and found Hikawa standing there, wearing his usual jumper and jeans along with his shoes.

He looked slightly nervous at something.

"Good afternoon, Tooru – kun." Eboshi greeted.

"Good afternoon, Shuuichi – kun… Are you alone? Am I bothering you…?"

"Dad headed off to visit a friend and Hat Man went with him, so… No, you're not bothering. Is there something you want to speak about?"

"Could I come inside?" Hikawa requested.

"Sorry. Please come in! It's rather cold on the outside."

"Thank you…"

Hikawa stepped in and took off his shoes before putting on the slippers.

Both stepped the living room and sat in front of each other on the sofas.

Hikawa kept on looking nervous by something and Shuuichi frowned.

"You look troubled, Tooru – kun." Eboshi pointed out.

"It's…Well…" He trailed off.

"Did something happen?" Eboshi asked.

"Well… Not exactly… But I've been… thinking… about…"

"About what?"

"No. Sorry. I had better go back. I'm bothering you. I'll come another day… I don't feel ready to tell you yet." Hikawa blurted.

"Please wait! Could it be that? You've been thinking about me?"

Hikawa blushed and lowered his gaze while abandoning his attempt to stand up.

"Shuuichi – kun… I didn't think that…" He slowly muttered.

Eboshi walked over to him and sat down to his right, so Hikawa gasped and looked up at him.

"Tooru – kun. I've felt it ever since I transferred to Akihara Elementary School… I liked you. You looked cool to me. You were a good classmate and you looked like a guide figure to me!" Eboshi admitted.

"Shuuichi – kun… I also felt it after interacting with you… You looked just like me! Carefree and happy, but having your own problems… Even though I have Ice Man as Navi, he's too young to totally understand me… Netto – kun respects me as a classmate, but… I believe he has someone else already… So I found you, Shuuichi – kun…" Hikawa explained.

"And you came here because you wanted to make those feelings turn true, Tooru – kun?"

"If you're not ready, then… I won't force you." Hikawa replied.

However, Eboshi stood up and closed his arms behind Hikawa's head.

He pulled it forward and he made contact with his lips.

Hikawa gasped as Eboshi closed his eyes and calmly shared a kiss with him.

Chance!

Hikawa closed his arms behind Eboshi's head and returned the kiss as he stood up and leant forward due to the small height difference,

They broke free and panted, surprised, as they blushed and looked at the ground.

"Tooru – kun… Was this… your first time… getting kissed?" Eboshi asked.

"It was… Shuuichi – kun…" Hikawa admitted.

"Let's go to my bedroom." Eboshi suggested.

"Please lead the way."

Both entered his bedroom, which had a bed and a desk as furniture along with a simple wooden chair.

The desk had a framed photo of him and his father Mr. Hat set there.

"Should we take off our clothes?"

"I won't force you, Shuuichi – kun."

Eboshi took off the suspenders before unbuttoning his yellow shirt.

Hikawa walked over to him and looked at his body.

"You look… fantastic… Shuuichi – kun…" He muttered.

Hikawa rummaged his pockets and took out several objects from them, surprising Eboshi.

They were a small padlock, a ball-gag, one black marker pen, two wooden clothes pegs, an urethra plug, and a blindfold.

"W-what…? Tooru – kun… What's all this?"

"… Tools." Hikawa replied.

"Tools…? But why would you want those?"

"Because I'm… into a trend…" Hikawa slowly replied.

"A trend…? Sorry. I don't know which!"

"I didn't expect you to… Sorry." Hikawa apologized.

Hikawa took off his jumper and the shirt he wore beneath it.

Eboshi gasped upon seeing how Hikawa had S&M gear set on him beneath his clothing.

"W-what are those?" He asked.

"It's… It's called S&M gear… It's a game…"

"That's supposed to be a game…?"

Hikawa merely took off the rest of his clothes, surprising Eboshi further.

"And those "tools" are there because they are part of the game?"

"Correct." Hikawa admitted.

Eboshi undressed as well, still confused.

"It's… perfect."

Hikawa looked eager as he examined his whole body.

"P-perfect…?"

Eboshi blushed.

"See, Shuuichi – kun… In this game… There are two persons! A master and the servant. The servant has to wear this gear as a reminder of his condition… So, you have to use the tools to play with my body and gain pleasure or excitement from it…" Hikawa explained.

"But what about you?"

"That's… I can feel pleasure, but that's supposed to be a reward. If you don't like it, then… We can always do it in the normal manner…"

"I see that you get pleasure from this, so I'll help you, Hikawa – kun. I want you to feel good."

"Thank you, Shuuichi – kun…"

"It's nothing… But could we switch places from time to time and do it in the normal manner, too? It'd be fairer, I think."

He suggested while bringing the right hand to his chin.

"Can you please help me gear up?" Hikawa requested.

"Sure. What do I have to do?"

"To begin with…"

Hikawa placed his arms behind his body, each forearm next to the other.

"You need to use the metallic piece and immobilize my wrists."

"Like this?"

Eboshi placed the metallic piece between the two rings and it locked down, immobilizing Hikawa's forearms.

"Next is… Use the wool cloth to cover my eyes."

"Cover the eyes…? Okay."

Hikawa crouched and Eboshi tied the blindfold around his eyes before he glanced at the other objects.

"You can lick my nipples… Clip the pegs there!

"Really!? S-sure…"

Eboshi did as told and clipped both clothes pegs to Hikawa's nipples.

He made a smile and seemed to enjoy feeling them there.

"The marker goes into my insides! There'll be plenty of space left for you to enter, Shuuichi – kun." Hikawa told him.

Eboshi nervously nodded and slowly slid the marker into Hikawa's ass.

"The white cylinder goes into my urethra." He announced.

"But then you won't be able to let it out!"

"But if you make me hold it back and I then release, it feels ten times better." Hikawa insisted.

"If you insist…"

Eboshi softly pulled down the foreskin around Hikawa's cock, which hardened when he touched it.

He gulped and slowly inserted the plug into Hikawa's urethra, who exhaled out of pleasure.

"We're almost done. Place the ball-gag on my mouth and then we're set."

Eboshi placed it and adjusted it before Hikawa stood up and walked over to the bed to collapse face-down there.

Eboshi climbed into it and rubbed his own cock before grabbing Hikawa and sitting him up on his knees.

"Tooru – kun… I'm going in." He announced.

Hikawa merely nodded to confirm as Eboshi also sat on his knees and forced his cock inside along with the marker.

To think I'm actually having sex with a boy…! Amazing!

He closed his eyes instinctively made his hands reach to the nipples.

He began to pull out and push in while tugging the clothes pegs and toying with Hikawa's nipples at the same time, hardening his cock.

"Tooru – kun… You like this. Am I right?" He whispered.

Hikawa signaled with the head and Eboshi lowered his right hand to tease Hikawa's balls before wrapping his fingers around the base and slowly caressed the whole shaft.

"Hikawa – kun… I'm going to play with your penis. Is that okay for you?"

Hikawa signaled again and Eboshi began to rub the head of it while still playing with the nipples and using his cock to penetrate the ass.

He kept at it for another two minutes and noticed how Hikawa's cock was eager to release.

"I'll remove the plug! I don't want to see your struggling in pain… Okay?"

Hikawa merely nodded with vigor, so Eboshi removed the plug and Hikawa's cock went off.

It stained his upper torso and face as well as some of Eboshi's given how he was leaning over the right shoulder.

"Tooru – kun!" He exclaimed.

He felt the inner muscles close around him and he released, overfilling Hikawa's insides.

He felt some of it slid down his cock and he panted.

Eboshi removed the ball-gag and Hikawa coughed as he tried to recover his breath.

"Tooru – kun! Was I… your first boy?"

"Shuuichi – kun… You were." Hikawa confirmed.

"I'm glad of it…"

"Can I… have a taste of you… master…?" Hikawa asked.

"True… I'm supposed to be the master… Please go ahead."

He turned Hikawa around.

He lowered his upper body to smell around and he noticed Eboshi's cock.

He rubbed it with the nose and he began licking it before pulling the foreskin back and starting to suck it up.

"Amazing!"

Hikawa began to take more of it inside until he hit the base.

He began to suck and rub it while Eboshi set a pace to follow.

They kept at it for about two minutes before Eboshi released and overfilled Hikawa's mouth.

Hikawa lifted his head and showed his mouth overfilled with the stuff.

Eboshi pulled him towards his lips and he made contact, starting a passionate kiss with him.

Feels… good!

They broke apart to gasp for air and Eboshi looked at the string linking them together.

He closed his arms around Hikawa's waist to pull him down.

I think we can do this!

He made sure their cocks made contact and began to rub both of them together while making his own nipples brush against the clothes pegs.

"M-master…!" Hikawa muttered.

"There's no "master", Tooru – kun. It's me, Shuuichi. We're friends! I don't want to abuse of you. I can't."

They both cried as they released and stained each other's body.

They licked the liquid off and began another kiss.

They broke and Eboshi turned Hikawa around to make them get into a six-nine position.

"I want to taste you, too, Tooru – kun. Let's taste each other…"

"… Thank you, Shuuichi – kun…" Hikawa smiled.

They began to suck and lick both of their cocks until they released and overfilled their mouths.

They kissed and Eboshi helped Hikawa sit up on the bed before he rubbed his cock and he sat down to let it come inside of him while facing Hikawa.

Eboshi lowered his body until he reached the base and began to brush his body against Hikawa's clothes pegs, using his hips to move up and down.

"Shuuichi – kun… I'm…!" Hikawa muttered.

"You're making love to me. And there's no need for these anymore, Hikawa – kun… I don't want to just "play" with you… I want us to be a true couple which doesn't need this stuff."

He took out the clothes pegs, the marker and the blindfold.

He unlocked the forearms and Hikawa automatically closed his arms around Eboshi's waist.

"Shuuichi – kun… You're right. I don't need to depend on this stuff anymore… I'll burn it and start anew…" Hikawa muttered.

Eboshi nodded and noticed how Hikawa was making his sensitive nipples rub against Eboshi's ones as well as rubbing his cock with his right hand to make him go off.

"Shuuichi – kun…!"

"Tooru – kun…!"

Eboshi went off first and stained Hikawa's upper torso and face while his inner muscles closed around Hikawa's cock and he released as well.

They both panted and they collapsed on the bed with Eboshi being on top of Hikawa.

"Hikawa – kun… We're friends. We'll always be. Right?"

"Shuuichi – kun… You're a very good friend."

Eboshi began to take off the S&M gear off Hikawa's body and tossed it to the ground, noticing the imprints left behind.

"They'll soon leave. You'll then be free from that obsession, Hikawa – kun! If you'd kept it like that, then that bad person would've won." He told him.

"I told you about that?" Hikawa frowned.

"No. I've realized. It wasn't a nightmare! I was driven to my body limits… And that was through you, Hikawa – kun…"

"I'm very sorry! I didn't want you to recall that!" Hikawa apologized.

"There's no need to apologize. Maybe it's better this way. I understand that the others wanted to protect me, so they hid it… But I'm not afraid anymore. I won't let those bad persons win in the end."

Eboshi massaged Hikawa's hair.

"Shuuichi – kun… Thank you. Really…"

"That's what friends are for!"

"I guess I should be heading back home… It's almost lunch time. But you're invited to my house anytime." Hikawa thanked before inviting.

"I'll accept your invitation, Tooru – kun. I'll come and we'll play together."

They both dressed up and Hikawa placed the S&M stuff in an old suitcase.

They cleaned up the room to make sure no obvious signs remained.

"See you in a few days' time. Have a merry Christmas, Shuuichi – kun."

"We'll be in contact, Tooru – kun."

"Bye – bye!"

"Goodbye!"

"See you!"

Hikawa came out of the house and saw a trash container, so he tossed the suitcase inside and then sighed in relief.

It's gone! This lingering curse is gone.

He calmly headed away, hands on his pockets and humming a tune.

Hmpf. Let's see…

He failed to see Togakawa spying on him from a nearby side alley.

Today he wore a navy blue sweater with a brown falcon drawn into it, jeans and black leather boots.

He also had a blue scarf, a brown cap and sunglasses.

"… Hmpf. Inspection!"

He headed over to the container and grabbed the suitcase..

He checked its contents and gasped in surprise.

"S&M! I see. The guy must've been into it but has decided to quit it 'cause someone else must've found it to be out of place. Maybe I should go back to the base. I was told there was a newbie who needed to be handled properly."

He tossed it back inside of the container, hid behind some garbage bins and looked around.

"No – one is following me… Heh. They must think I must be at 200 km from this district by now. "The enemy is closer than you think"… Heh, heh, heh. The Organization won't be fooled so easily." He chuckled.

"True, Togakawa – sama."

"I'm too smart to be played upon by those freaks. I'll return this humiliation tenfold sooner or later. The Organization won't let those guys laugh at our power… Everything… For the Organization's sake!"

"I wonder about that…" A voice chuckled.

"Who's there!?"

He looked behind him to find a hologram of Burai DS crossing his arms and leaning against the left wall.

"Someone…"

"That armor… I see! You're one of Sidier's accomplices!"

"Indeed. I'm the man who leaked your master's location! Burai DS!"

"Come out and fight me, coward!"

"Hmpf! I'm a dweller of the darkness! A true coward!" He smirked.

"Damn you! The organization will crush you!"

"That cheap Navi whose only ability is to use a stealth camouflage like in MGS can stand up to me? I've got 15 years of experience!"

"What the…" Stealth Man cursed.

"Your org lacks charm! You need a powerful aniki like Gin!"

"Sheesh! Don't mix in fiction!"

"Your precious Sgt should've stayed in Hong-Kong with Fu-Manchu!"

"Damn you, mice! I'll use venom to kill you all!"

"Then steal Magnets' anti-hologram sword! See ya~"!"

"DAMN YOU! I'LL SLAUGTHER ALL OF YOU LOWLIFES!"