AN: Hello everyone! Here is a little hint on what Asami did to mess the relationship with Akihito and why Akihito is not living with him anymore. Keep in mind this is my 'in between fics' fic, so it's basically what I work on when I am taking a small break from writing a chapter I am currently working on or when I get writer's block on my other fics so this is kinda slow going.

If you don't like where the story is going please refrain from hateful comments and move along, there are plenty of other fics out there.

Thanks for the reviews and support, special thanks to Ashida for betaing.

Last but not least I do not own Finder Series.

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- Flashback - The Confession

Akihito's POV

"I love you." said Akihito, looking his lover straight into those haunting golden eyes.

He had taken a chance and finally let the three words come out of his mouth, along with an intense look in his hazel eyes that seem to say 'and I mean it.' His arms circled his lover's neck; their bodies were still connected in a passionate embrace as Asami drove himself into the smaller body.

No response came to his love confession from his stoic lover, and his heart did not break because of it. He had expected not to get a reply and was willing to wait. Pulling his lover down for another deep kiss, his hands trembled at the adrenaline coursing through his body after working up the courage to lay bare his feelings.

The tight coil of sensation low in his groin snapped and he cried in sweet overwhelming release followed minutes after by the golden eyed man.

Asami's POV

He was surprised to say the least. Of all things he expected his young lover to say in the midst of their activities, a sincere revelation of love was not one of them. Hell, he never expected Akihito to say those words at all.

Something in his chest clenched as he processed the meaning of those words, and he put the feeling aside for further exploration at a later moment. He continued to pound into the tight hot flesh and delighted in the pleasure filled sounds each of his movements brought out of that glistening mouth. He was pulled down for a kiss and momentarily set aside any worries caused by the sudden and unexpected words.

Three weeks later… The Confrontation

"What the fuck did you think?! Did you really think I would never find out? How long did you think you could keep something like this from me? I'm a reporter Asami, you should have known the moment you started acting different around me that I would investigate what was going on… and to think I was actually worried about you!"

Akihito let out a humorless laugh, dripping with ire and looked at him again as the delivered the thoughts flying around his mind.

"What the hell were you thinking? You know, for a powerful and intelligent crime lord you can be truly stupid to fall for the oldest trick in the book. I doubted my place in your life for so long. I doubted your feelings, hell, I even denied my feelings for you. When I finally worked up the courage to tell you how I felt I knew you wouldn't give me an answer, I knew, and I was okay with it because I knew I had to give you time to say things in your own way. And you know what the irony of it is? In a way you did, you have showed me what I really mean to you, and it is not enough for me to stay. Maybe this is also my fault, I made a mistake, do you want to know what that mistake was Asami? It was not moving in with you, or trusting you with my life, it wasn't even loving you. My biggest mistake was trusting you with my heart, I should have known better than that. Goodbye Asami, I hope it was all worth it."

He turned around to walk towards the penthouse's door and before he had gone more than three steps, Asami's strong hand held his arm.

"Akihito, we can still fix this. Don't leave."

Akihito pulled his arm free of its prison and for the first time Asami found he did not have the strength to hold on. Without turning around Akihito said the words that proved things would never be the same.

"I will send for my stuff tomorrow and they will leave my key with the concierge. Don't come looking for me, because I don't want to see you ever again."

He watched the young man walk out of the penthouse, he wanted to chase after him, yet his body remained rooted to the same spot for close to five minutes before falling on his knees at the realization that he had very likely broken without repair the only good thing in his life. In his world of darkness and deceit he had only one light… and he had extinguished it with his own hands.

- End of flashback -

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One Month after the confrontation – Akihito's Apartment

As he walked away from the closed door to Akihito's apartment. Asami could not help but wonder if perhaps things could have been fixed, if he had just said he was sorry that day before Akihito even left the penthouse. If he had just stopped the blonde from leaving and just apologized, maybe they could have worked things out.

Akihito was not one to hold grudges; he even forgave Feilong for the Hong Kong fiasco… but there was a difference between him and Feilong. While Feilong had hurt Akihito physically and had apologized to the young photographer, he had hurt the boy emotionally and it took him a month to swallow his damn pride, admit he was wrong and ask for forgiveness. By then it was already too late.

Akihito was right; he had made a rookie mistake and fallen for the most common of traps. All because he did not want to admit he had fallen in love and to prove it had gone off on a night of debauchery that had ruined his life.

It served him right, he supposed, that the only person he cared about was now the one who did not want to see him again. While some insignificant pest lounged around their home like it belonged there, demanding his time and attention because of the product of his carelessness.

He dreaded going home, he loathed the idea, because without Akihito that place did not feel like home anymore.

On the other side of the door; Akihito slid down the wooden surface, sitting on the floor, he brought his knees up surrounding them with his arms and buried his head in them as he tried to silence the sobs coming from him. It was a weak attempt to keep Asami from hearing his weakness. It hurt so much, like an ugly festering wound, throbbing and decayed in his chest, refusing to heal and close. He had been in love, he was in love still… and it hurt.

Asami had betrayed him, had lied to him, and now Asami had responsibilities he did not want to be a part of.

'Let him deal with the consequences of his actions… I will be ok… with time… the pain will go away and I will be ok. His burden however, it will be there for the rest of his life and every time he looks upon it he will remember this was his fault. He will remember what he did to me and that his life could have been better.'

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So, what do you think? I know I keep teasing you all and not really telling you what is going on, but what can I say? It is what it is *evil grin*

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Setsuna