[Kasuka's POV]

The actor let out another hiss that morning as he forced himself out of bed and into the kitchen, Izaya trailing behind him with a face of guilt. "Please go back to bed. I can make breakfast for us.." the informant repeated, watching the other as he struggled down the stairs.

"No, it's my house I can make my own breakfast if I want to." Kasuka persisted, gasping and freezing about halfway down the stairs when he settled on the step more heavily than the others, sending a jolt of pain through his lower regions.

"But you could barely get dressed a minute ago, how am I supposed to trust that you won't fall down while making it?" the man huffed behind him, luckily not being able to see Kasuka roll his eyes. He loved the man, he really truly did which was what led him to letting this happen in the first place, but he could take care of himself even after being submissive. He did like to think of himself as the 'man' in the relationship, even if they were both equal.

"I'm perfectly fine. And if I fall down then I do, I'll just get up again." the actor sighed, finally reaching the bottom of the staircase and once again being followed by his boyfriend. I know we both know how this feels but I can still manage myself. It's just a little stabbing pain. "Just sit down, I'm making yours too." the actor ordered, pointing to the kitchen table absently as he hobbled to the pantry and got a couple things out for their meal.

He was more than surprised when the other actually listened to him but he didn't mention it, thinking Izaya would just start to trail him again out of spite if he did. The cooking went slowly, Kasuka not being used to the limited mobility still, but he got it done all on his own and set a plate of eggs and hashbrowns in front of the informant with a smile. "See? I'm perfectly fine." And with that Kasuka took a seat across from him, trying his best to hide the wince when his backside made contact with the chair.

Izaya just watched his plate the whole time they ate, muttering something at the beginning of the meal he didn't catch. "What was that?"

"I said, you'd be more perfect if I hadn't been so rough with you. When we first tried you treated me like glass and last night I acted like a horny teenager. It must've been awful.." Izaya mused, not listening to the other as he tried to explain that he'd enjoyed it and that it was fine. He didn't get a single word through and finally gave up just as he was about to finish the meal, Izaya already done ahead of him.

"At least let me wash the dishes." Izaya once again persisted, just getting a stare to try and break him down before Kasuka handed his plate to him dutifully, resigning to the fact that he'd be treated much too lightly for his liking today. It was just something he had to accept at this point.

Kasuka picked himself up and moved to the living room while Izaya finished up, the informant on his way to join him when there was a knock on the door, making him turn just as he got in Kasuka's sights to answer it. He heard the door open and there was a pause, no hello or anything and he frowned in apprehension as he turned toward the hall leading there. "Who is it?" Kasuka called, still getting silence for a moment before there was grumbling, Izaya coming back inside with an irritated look on his face, Shizuo trailing behind him now.

"It's just the monster making his rounds." Izaya responded with a smirk, glancing back to see the blond now with a deeper scowl. Kasuka just grinned a little at the interaction before hugging his boyfriend to his side when he sat down.

"Hey aniki. I didn't expect you." the ravenett noted, not sure what to say since they hadn't seen each other since the incident at Shinra's. He didn't know how Shizuo had taken it either after Kasuka and Izaya suddenly left but he'd hoped that he was alright.

"Yeah, sorry. I just felt like coming over to hang out. I wasn't sure you'd even be home.. Or if you'd have a pest over." the blond answered, Izaya just shot him a sickly sweet smile at that.

"It's 'guest', Shizu-chan. Is that single-cell of yours finally forgetting how to speak?"

"I know how to tell a pest from a person real easy, you damn flea."

"Ne, so sad.. I was really looking forward to the day you wouldn't open that big mouth of yours."

Kasuka just shook his head, butting in to join the conversation again. "I'd love to hang out, aniki. Did you have a game in mind?" he interrupted, cutting in just before his brother could get another insult out. He didn't need for them to piss each other off at the moment, he was even less mobily enabled to stop them than usual at the moment.

The blond just shrugged, looking at him with a sorry smile. "I didn't plan anything, sorry. Again, I wasn't sure if you'd even be here." he admitted.

"I understand, it's no problem. I'll just pick-" Kasuka was about to stand up, bracing himself for the pain of standing when Izaya was suddenly moving towards the cabinet without him.

"Actually, I can pick one! Kasuka's been teaching me how to play." the informant announced as he opened it and crouched down, sifting through the variety of games quickly as Shizuo and Kasuka both raised a brow at his behavior. Obviously both brother knew him well enough, though in different ways, to realize that him admitting to being taught anything by someone 'lesser' was extremely uncommon. Almost unheard of.

Why would he-? Oh.

Kasuka tried his best to not let his face heat up when he realized Izaya had acted so quickly to save him the pain of acting as host. He'd almost forgotten already about being given special treatment today and he hadn't even considered Izaya continuing the treatment when someone, especially Shizuo, was there with them. He calmed down his own embarrassment before the blond could notice though and Izaya came back with a couple games to pick from, almost shoving them in Shizuo's face just to irritate him further.

"Pick one, beast. I also found a fighting game, I assume it's yours." the informant noted, getting the blond's worst glare thrown at him before Shizuo randomly snatched one out of the ravenett's hands, turning it over once before actually choosing it.

"This one is fine, just don't infect my controller." Shizuo announced, both of them still having their little glare-off until Izaya turned to put the game in.

Kasuka just watched in slightly tense amusement as they bickered like normal, joining them in the few rounds where the game chosen let them have up to four players. Shizuo kept complaining that he'd come over to play with his brother, not his brother's pet snake, but Izaya just continued to ignore him and keep an even score with him as he cuddled further into Kasuka's side, obviously claiming him even without words.

Shizuo finally let out a groan of frustration, along with a quieter one coming from Izaya, as the two tied almost the entire game - one of them being able to score points before the other would earn them back or lose just enough to be almost neck and neck with their opponent. Kasuka entertained himself with being the announcer, quoting almost their every move, being unbiased to both just to keep it light and fun instead of one of them feeling offended, and simply enjoying himself the entire time.

After a couple hours of them playing games like this Kasuka felt like the two could actually get along regularly, maybe not without him there for motivation to behave but this was definetly a huge leap for them. Then again, they have been completely separated on different sides of the room this whole time. I'm sure if they were within touching distance of each other one would have a black eye by now, maybe a stab wound or broken wrist. Yeah, it's best not to expect too much yet.

This went on until a while after noon. Around two Shizuo got a call from Tom asking if he could come in for work and the blond accepted, saying he could use all the extra money he could get around now with the season making it colder and colder. His heater wasn't the best at working when asked to in the first place, in Kasuka's experience.

So, the two ravenett's showed him out, Izaya seeming to have forgotten about keeping a close eye on him, since he didn't say anything about not getting up or something of the sort. And everything was fine, Kasuka even expected to end his day and this visit without one embarrassing screw up or conversation too. But, luck was not on his side.

After standing at the door for longer than expected, Izaya having made a sly comment about him needing to dye his hair again soon causing another episode of bickering between them, Kasuka had shifted on his feet a certain way that had moved a muscle in his back, one of the more sore ones he liked to add. Without realizing he'd done it, the pain went through him and instantly increased ten-fold when he tried to right himself too quickly, just causing him to let out a small wince of pain before he dropped to the floor, now more embarrassed about falling than he was worried about his own pain.

"Are you alright? What happened?" Izaya worriedly, echoed closely by the blond who crouched next to him, and Kasuka just tried to push them off him as he struggled to stand up again. Izaya just tried to help him up quietly, both hoping that Shizuo wouldn't think of the accurate reason to why he'd suddenly been in pain. Neither accounted for Izaya's shirt to slip down further than usual and let anyone paying attention see that he had very dark marks on his shoulder, looking dangerously close to hickeys.

Once Kasuka was on his feet again and pushed them away, frowning as he insisted that he was fine, Shizuo glanced at the informant beside him with accusing eyes. Then those accusing eyes fell on the marks on his shoulder and looked just about ready to explode.

Within the blink of an eye, Izaya was pushed outside the door and quickly locked out by the blond who then proceeded to pick up his little brother and take him upstairs so he could lay down. "Aniki, let go! Go open the door for him!"

"No, we're having a serious discussion!"

"Uuuggh! I do not need the sex talk, I obviously don't need it!" Kasuka emphasized, only succeeding in making the blond blush as he proceeded to double check that he knew what he was doing anyways.

Chapter 64!

I really like writing the aftermaths of their sessions just as much as writing them getting it on.

It's entertaining x3

I hope no one minds the OOC-bonding time that Shizuo and Izaya kind-of had, since they definetly wouldn't do it normally, but hey Kasuka is a good peace keeper! And like he said, if they were within touching distance, this could have been a very bloody chapter.

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