A/N Hey guys! Here's chapter 11!
"Are you cold?" Akihiko asked, turning his head to Misaki's direction.
"What? Oh, yes.. a little bit, I guess." Misaki answered quietly. Akihiko responded by scooping up the boy in his arms and resting him on his chest like this morning. Misaki was already in the man's grasp before he realized what had happened. He looked up at Akihiko with wonder in his eyes. Akihiko looked back down at him, and gave him a warm smile. He reached up and stroked Misaki's chocolate colored hair the way he liked. Misaki unwillingly began to give in to Akihiko's touch, bringing himself closer to the warmth.
Thank goodness. An excuse to snuggle with him, Akihiko thought, smiling.
The room was silent for the rest of the night as the two simply enjoyed the sensation of each other. Misaki was still silently struggling, keeping his problems to himself to avoid tension with Akihiko, but Akihiko's mind was in the depths of battle with itself, as well.
"You're doing a great job, keep it up. He's warming up to you by the second. Slow and steady wins the race!"
"If you want to talk about slow, think about this: you finally have Misaki after ten years. Why don't you just take him now? He obviously wants it."
"No! You can't scare him like that. You don't know what he went through after Takahiro sold him. He could have gotten raped before running away. You think he wants to get raped again?"
"It's not rape if he enjoys it."
Akihiko's sapphire eyes looked down to meet Misaki's emerald ones. They both smiled awkwardly at each other.
The two of them had trouble sleeping that night, avoiding physical contact with the other. They found Suzuki-san inbetween them, easing the spacious waste as they both managed to cuddle with the giant stuffed bear, instead. Both of their eyes shot open when they felt their hands meet on the bear's stomach. They simply stared for awhile without moving. Eventually, Misaki gave Akihiko a small smile, who returned the gesture and proceeded to fully lock Misaki's hand with his own. They both then slipped into a peaceful slumber.
Akihiko sat at the table the next morning, in his usual morning attire; droopy eyes, glasses, half-hardheadedly holding a cigarette between his lips and a cup of hot coffee beside his laptop. The only noise that was heard were the early birds chirping about outside, and the tick-tack of the buttons on his keyboard being pressed. That was, until there was a small noise heard from upstairs.
Misaki tiredly walked down the stairs, letting out a big yawn as he rubbed one eye with one hand and held the arm of a smaller Suzuki-san in the other. Akihiko chuckled to himself before turning his attention back to his computer. The fact that the boy's depiction of perfection in a sweet little boy was completely unconscious made it beyond compare to Akihiko.
"Good morning, Usagi-san," Misaki said.
"Good morning, Misaki," Akihiko replied, shutting his laptop. "Why the honorific title?"
Misaki shrugged his shoulders. "Well.. since I found out you were famous.. I've been thinking about how to properly address you. Uh... is that not the right extension to use...?" Misaki suddenly began to panic and laughed nervously. "I-I'm sorry! I don't know much about this sort of thing... I can use something else, if you want!"
Akihiko simply smiled. "I honestly don't know much about that, either. So it's perfectly alright. I'm fine with whatever nickname you have for me."
Misaki smiled a little. "Okay... so, what do you want for breakfast?"
"I'm also fine with whatever you make to eat," Akihiko replied, snuffing out his cigarette.
Misaki blew the hair out of his face in response. With lack of help from the author, Misaki began to cook his usual traditional Japanese breakfast. In no time at all, it was hot and ready to eat.
"Mmm," Akihiko said, tapping his mouth with a napkin. "Just as delicious as always."
Misaki giggled quietly in flattery. "I'm glad you like it, Usagi-san."
Akihiko, still surprised by the new name couldn't help but laugh a bit, causing Misaki to blush. "Sorry," he said. "Just not used to the name. But I like it."
Misaki smiled. "I like it, too... n-not that I don't like your real name, though."
"Well, I'm glad you like it. I never quite cared for it," Akihiko said, scooting his empty plate aside and opening up the newspaper.
"Why not?"
"I've just heard better names," Akihiko said before sipping his coffee.
"Like what?"
"Like... Misaki."
Misaki blushed a bit as his response. Akihiko just smiled and looked back at his newspaper.
"R-Really?" Misaki asked, poking at his eggs with his fork. "I was teased in kindergarten because of my name."
Akihiko looked back at Misaki in surprise. "Were you?"
Misaki nodded sadly.
"Aww," Akihiko reached out to ruffle Misaki's hair affectionately. "Well, those children were crazy. I really love your name. Your mother must have been very innocent and clever to think of such a name."
Misaki's blush only intensified. "Well, not really... I mean, I guess she was, but she just liked flowers a lot, I think... whether I was a boy or a girl, she wanted to name me Misaki," Misaki stuffed his mouth with eggs out of nervous habit.
"Well, whether you are a boy or a girl, it's a lovely name, and you are a lovely person," Akihiko said, raising his coffee cup in an adulating manner.
Misaki's heart glowed at Akihiko's kindness. "Th-Thanks," Misaki said before looking back down at his food and taking a few nibbles. Akihiko smiled and looked back at his newspaper. It was sweetly silent for a few moments before there was a loud knock at the front door. Akihiko let out an annoyed sigh and set the paper down.
The hell? He thought. It's too early in the morning for visitors.. even too early for Aikawa.
He stood up from the table and looked out the peek hole of the door. His felt his heart stop at what he saw on the other side: a police officer.
A/N Heh... well, shit.
Why do you guys think there's a police officer at his doorstep? The possibilities are endless!
SuzukiChiyeko: Really, you don't mind slow ones? You're stronger than I am. If I'm reading an AU and it takes like twenty chapters for the action to start, I get really impatient. xD
TBC!
-Tiny