Pulling on the fabric of his pants, Shuichi tried to keep from showing his boredom. Again he was in the black leather shorts, white shirt and black knee high laced boots. It didn't help that that was all he had there to wear.
Every few minutes Tohma would glance up from his paperwork to look over the teen who sat on the other side of his desk. It had been close to thirty minutes since Shuichi walked into the office, an hour early. This of course had been Eiri's idea to catch Tohma in a hard spot.
"So Tohma," Eiri mumbled from the couch behind Shuichi. "Enjoying the paper work?"
Tohma smiled softly. "Just waiting for another person to arrive," he said with a smile.
He let out a sigh. "Is Shuichi going to be performing more sexual tricks for you, Tohma? Didn't know you were so into watching guys have sex. I could have brought you a few prostitutes a long time ago."
Shuichi covered his month to hide the giggle. Shaking his head he stood and sat next to Eiri, resting his head against the man's torso. "Be nice Yuki," Shuichi whispered.
Tohma narrowed his eyes at the display of affection. It made him want to pull a gun out and shoot the brat, but there was too much of a risk of hitting his dear Eiri.
They all looked up as someone knocked at the door. "Come in," Tohma called out, sliding the papers into a file and closing it.
Immediately Eiri stood and walked around the couch. From that spot, no matter who came into the room, he would be able to defend his lover.
Slowly the door opened, revealing Mr. K, who looked rather bored. "A package arrived for you, boss," he said as he carried it in.
Tohma stood to meet the blond halfway. "Thank you, Mr. K," he said happily. "Now we can begin," he said with a smile as he set the small box on the table. "Mr. Shindou, for your second challenge, I present this," Tohma said as he pulled out a pocket knife and opened the box and package in side.
Both Eiri and Shuichi's eyes went wide. "What the hell Tohma," Eiri demanded.
"This is a new product that was sent to me, and I need someone to test it. Just to make sure it's safe, you know? Don't want to be selling a drug that will kill people," he said with a laugh. "The appeal to this version is that it's cheaper to produce, which means either more sales of it or more profit from it…I haven't decided which I want yet."
"I just got him off this shit and you want to get him right back on it," Eiri exclaimed.
Tohma looked to the side then back up at his beloved. "No one can quit cold turkey, Eiri. All he has to do is a single portion and that's it. If he lives then he passed round two and will get to remain here with you."
Eiri's hands turned into fists. "But it only takes one hit to die from it."
Shuichi lowered his head. Of course Tohma would do something like this. How could they expect anything different. "Yuki," he whispered. "You'll help me get off it again, right?"
"You're not doing this, Shuichi."
Tohma shrugged his shoulders as he pulled out a gun from his pocket. "Then I'll kill him here and now. Though Mr. Shindou, I do hope you will move off the couch. Blood is nearly impossible to get off cotton."
In a flash Eiri had his arms around Shuichi, trying to cover all the points Tohma would shoot. "Damn it," he whispered.
"Just let me do it…I'll be alright. After all, I already said I would be leaving here with you when we're done," Shuichi whispered as he closed his eyes. "Please Yuki."
"I swear if you get addicted to that shit again I'll kill you myself," Eiri said as he stood straight. "I'm not going to watch you beg for more of this stuff."
Shuichi nodded as he looked at Tohma, then the package. "I'm ready."
Tohma smiled as he lowered the weapon.
Mr. K, standing in the background, raised an eye brow as he watched Shuichi ingest some of the cocaine.
…
"Still alive brat," Eiri mumbled as he sat on the bed.
Shuichi slowly looked around the ceiling. "Somehow," he mumbled as he tried to sit up. After trying a few more times he gave up and just turned his head to look at the blond. "I told you I'd be alright," he whispered.
"Yeah two days later," Eiri said as he stood. "I'm going to order you something to eat," he mumbled as he walked towards his desk.
Slowly Shuichi rolled onto his stomach. "I'm not hungry."
"You think I care? You're going to eat."
Shuichi pushed his face into the pillow and took a deep breath. "I've beat him at his own game twice," he whispered as he pushed himself up. "Just one more time and you'll be free too. But…when you are…will we stay together?"
Silently Eiri lit a cigarette and sat down. "I'm going to talk to Tohma about ending this. Letting you go back to your sister with no penalties."
"No," Shuichi yelled as he forced his eyes shut and lowered his head. "I can't live without you, Yuki. You said it yourself; I almost killed myself without you there for me. You can't throw me away after all we've been through!" He was silent for a minute. "We've been through that already and I don't want to go back to it."
"Shut up brat," Eiri mumbled.
Carefully Shuichi stood up and stumbled over to the blond. Reaching down he grabbed the collar of the dress shirt and pulled on it. "I wasn't violated by those pigs just for your amusement, Eiri Yuki. I accepted it because I want to be with you," he whispered as tears streamed down his face.
Eiri closed his eyes but the sound of Shuichi sobbing was still present. "I get it now shut up."
"Do you? You keep trying to push me away from you like I'm just some one night stand. How many times are you going to take my heart from me," Shuichi asked as he fell to his knees.
Sighing Eiri put his cigarette out and picked the teen up. "Emotional roller coaster time I guess," he said as he carried the teen to the bed. "Dinner will be here in a few minutes so sleep until then."
"Not tired."
After setting the teen on the bed, he straddled his waist. In a swift movement he had the teens arms pinned to the above pillow. "I didn't ask you, Shuichi." Slowly he lowered his head and started kissing the teens neck softly.
Shuichi took in a sharp breath of air at the gentle touch. Yes, this is what he had wanted for days now. The feeling of the soft lips against the nape of his neck; tongue leading the way to his ear lobes. "Yuki…why do you like sleeping with me so much?"
Eiri smiled as he stopped for a second. Carefully he kissed Shuichi's lips before whispering directly in his ear "because I can fuck you as much as I want and never have to worry about you getting pregnant."
Closing his eyes Shuichi let out a sigh. Like he didn't see that one coming.
Silently Eiri continued his assault on the unguarded ear but soon found himself stopping. "Brat, what did you do to your ear," Eiri mumbled as he stopped he advances.
"Nothing, why," Shuichi replied as he looked at the blond with questionable eyes.
"Just a black scab that wasn't here the other night," Eiri mumbled.
Shuichi went pale. "What," he asked as he started to fight to get free.
Eiri balanced on his knees to let the teen free. He watched as Shuichi flew from the bed right to the bathroom and vanished inside. "Good to see his energy is back," he mumbled before shaking his head and quickly following to see what was going on.
Turning to Eiri, Shuichi couldn't help but burst into tears. "Yuki," he cried as he covered his ears. "I'm scared," he added as he threw himself at the older man.
He ran his fingers through the pink strands of hair. "It'll be alright brat. Let's just deal with one thing at a time here. I'm sure it's just a reaction to something you ate. Maybe even the fabric softener the maids use."
"Ya…maybe," he whispered. "I'm still scared though…I mean, the only thing I've taken in in the last few days was that cocaine," he added.
Eiri paused as he heard a knock at the door. "Go sit down," he mumbled as he pulled from the teen and walked out of the bathroom. Quickly he opened the door as a servant brought in a tray of food. "I want you to start eating. I'll be right back," he said as he let himself out of the room.
Shuichi stared at the tray that rest on the table. Shaking his head he sat on the bed and closed his eyes. Subconsciously he rubbed his ear.
About twenty minutes later Eiri walked into the room, trying to think about how he was going to handle this one. Of course there had to be a catch to the test. The cocaine was bought just for Shuichi. On the street it had been dubbed Flesh Eating Cocaine.
Shuichi needed to get to a hospital and fast.
Walking into the room, Eiri walked straight to the bed. "Brat, wake up," he called out.
Slowly Shuichi uncurled from the ball he was in, taking deep breathes. "Eiri," he whispered.
Eiri narrowed his eyes. His little pet was already being affected by the drugs. "Come on," he whispered as he wrapped the teen up in a blanket. Carefully he picked the kid and walked towards the door.
"It hurts," Shuichi whispered.
"I told you to eat moron. I didn't just say that to give you an order…I was actually trying to help you," he mumbled.
Shuichi closed his eyes. "I never eat when I've taken in drugs. If I eat…then I'm not with you anymore."
Eiri sighed as he walked up to the caged office. "Dumb ass, I'm not going to leave you now," he mumbled. "I need a car. Don't care which one, just get me one."
"Yes sir," the girl behind the counter said softly.
Finally he was handed a set of keys and walked out to the driveway. Carefully he opened the backdoor and laid Shuichi down on the seat. "Shuichi," he whispered as he ran his fingers across the teens sweaty face. Closing the door he climbed into the drives seat and was off.
"Eiri," he cried out, curling into a ball on the seat. "Hurts so much."
He eyed the teen in the mirror and sighed. "I know Shu," he whispered. "Everything will be alright."