JUNJOU ROMANTICA
VII
GUILTY
"Nii-chan where are my kitten pictures stored?!" Misaki moved the top box from the closet and peeked inside, puffing out air when he pulled rolls of fabric, yarn and threads.
"kitten pictures?"
Misaki pulled down the next box, careful not to tumble the long pile of them, it was rather irregular and precariously done, certainly not his doing, if he had done it, it would look orderly and perfect. "yes, from the time I was adopted" the box bellow had an assortment of papers and binders with more papers inside, "I only have pictures from when I was 6" he moved the paper closer and read "the economy of the world in…" his brother kept his university essays? This was becoming so frustrating.
"Ohhhh sorry, we lost many in the move, I think the only ones are with Mom and Dad" Nii-chan's voice seemed odd, as if he was doubting yet asserting his words, Misaki looked towards the kitchen, where his voice was coming from, "oh... that's fine, I'm glad they have them" it had been a few years since their passing, but sometimes the topic was difficult to mention to his brother, but he understood, he also loved and missed them every day.
- 0 -
Engines rumbled, Misaki's body felt numb, his head limp against his chest, moving side to side with the rocking of the vehicle. "a vehicle?, who's vehicle?" Through the thin layer of his eyelids he saw light, his fluffy ears although usually great could not define what all the sound was, or where it was coming from. Misaki tried to open his eyes, but his vision closed-in, like the end of an old movie, it was so tiring to stay awake.
"Misaki! Misaki don't go today"
Misaki's heart pounded once, so hard it cleared his brain, sending electric currents through his body, alerting his muscles and joints for action, something was wrong, he need to wake up, NOW!
"knock the human down, he's coming out of it" Misaki didn't recognize the voice, it was so deep, rough and he didn't know if the person was shouting or not.
"too much and it'll kill him" the second voice was grouchy, it reminded him of Usagi-san, half asleep and half awake, before his breakfast coffee.
"don't worry, not enough left, and even if he dies, nobody will know" a cold shiver run through his body, from the top of his ears to the tip of his tail and down to his legs, it was the final bolt he needed to open a sliver of his eyes, careful, dreading.
"human… human… sensei… Usagi… no, Kamijou-sensei"
The rocking stopped, at the same time, light, so bright it hurt his eyes, shown in front of him; he had to fight back the instant flinch away from it, instead, he evened out his breathing and used the rocking of the vehicle when the humans opened the doors and moved out of the van, to sway his head away from the only source of light, a barred square in the middle of the vehicle.
Then all that had happened crashed into his memories, as if going from complete silence to booming noise, like a crashing vase against marbled floors, amplified three times. People, kidnappers, the truck, the van, the wild nature around them.
"Kamijou-sensei wake up! Wake up!" Misaki's sensitive ears heard footsteps outside of the van, lazy, there was some chatter too. In front of him to the right Shinobu was trying to wake up the professor, who lay like a lump in front of him, "is he dead?", he knows he should feel like screaming, but something is preventing it from happening, what? Gas… drugs?
"Kamijou-sensei!" Shinobu's voice stresses the vowels, but it didn't rise above the rambling of the still running engine, "if he wants to wake him up he's gonna have to shake him and speak louder", he's just about to say as much when laughter over the door freezes them both.
Shinobu has turned to look at the door as well, but soon realizes Misaki is awake, their eyes meet, fear, then shock, finally something else… hope? Relief? "Don't speak, don't scream, they will hear you" Misaki nods, "we gotta leave, I'll make noise as if waking up, they will come to get us asleep again, you act asleep and when they come for me, we run for it".
"but Sensei, we can't leave him" his voice comes out scratchy, he thinks not even Shinobu would be able to hear or understand him, but the cat shakes his head in answer, "he's human, they won't hurt him, if they haven't killed him yet there's a chance they'll tell them to knock him out and leave him on the streets" Shinobu moves away from the professor and bends his legs, ensuring the capacity to jump, "They can drug him and he won't remember anything. But we're in grave danger"
"why? What do they…" the laughter is finally dying down, a noise of metal clanking, keys.
"There's no time, we need to run, fake sleep" Shinobu lets his body tumble back and groans, the voices outside quiet, the door opens and all the van becomes white.
"Fucker, told you to numb the brown one, he's used to the shit"
"shut up" the van sways with the weigh of one of them stepping, the other remaining at the door, he was hoping for them both to do as much, he hears Shinobu moaning again.
"come help me, he's fucking heavy"
"pussy"
"shut the fuck up, this was supposed to be a 1 on 1 pick up" they're not shouting but somehow their voices are so loud, bouncing hard on the small van.
"whatever, are you gonna complain now?" the second guy steps inside, Misaki counts to three and lifts his body like a spring, the drug makes everything spin, the last meal in his stomach going up his throat, but he moves forward, propelled by fear and hope, and desperation, a hand tries to grab him but he jumps.
"RUN!" he doesn't know who said so, either he or Shinobu, but it's not needed, both of them are getting farther and farther away. Adrenaline is rushing, he only hears them shouting, then a blur, orange gold passes by, not so far from him, Shinobu, there's something, he doesn't need good hearing to know what he's shouting. His legs feel like noodles, they're burning, and he pushes harder on them, trying to follow Shinobu.
"No!"
His leg give out, and he falls, for a brief second he fears Shinobu is not gonna notice, then he wishes for him not to notice, but he does, and he comes back, trying to pull him up. The time lost is enough for the kidnappers to arrive, Shinobu tries to fight them, but what can they really do? Bound with their arms back.
"I'm sick and tired of this shit, I'm gonna adore ripping you again", he hears Shinobu cry out, and he tries to fight the asshole holding him down.
"Hey, if you fuck him I get to fuck this one"
"oh, that's what they meant…" fear as Misaki has never felt burned cold on his blood, his heart stopped beating for half a second, jumping back on so hard and fast it was taking away his voice, his breath, his focus.
"Don't you fucking dare! I'll kill you!" Shinobu's voice is grounding, thou his vision is still darkening, the air on his lungs keeps pushing his body forward, but before he can try again there's a scream and a cracking sound, "Ahhhh! you bit me, I'll fucking kill yah!"
"Stop stupid! They said he might be carrying, do you wanna ruin the product?"
"The fuck I care, this shit…"
"he's worth the pay jackass, we'll fuck him at the lab either way" Misaki's arms are burning, the kidnapper holding him has tightened the binding of them, "let's forget this shit and take them back, we can't leave the human alone"
"Fine"
The mountain of a human lifts him up over his shoulder and takes him back to the van. In the short distance he hears Shinobu curse, whine, cry out to another cracking sound, and then, silence. Misaki fights in vain, when the guy puts him on the van's floor there's not much time to search for Shinobu, quickly he's drugged again, it is quite effective, robbing him of his senses, slowly, but surely.
The other human brings Shinobu, there's blood on his face, but he can't really see well, both kidnappers obstruct his vision. When they finally leave all has become so dark he can only focus on his ears, There's two breathing "calmly" Shinobu was probably drugged in the way to the van, well, he can't confirm it, his tongue is heavy and stuck to his mouth, he struggles to breath, maybe it's his body trying to have a panic attack, but all is meaningless, the drug takes everything away.
- 0 -
Why is it that Usagi-san can't understand the idea of budgeting? Or self control? He has been following the author through so many stores his feet are starting to hurt. It all started with an invitation he picked from the mail box for the demanding author. "Misaki, come with me" that was the only answer Usagi-san said before dragging him, and taking hours to play dress up with many dress suits. "Beautiful" the author said when Misaki was looking at himself in the mirror, the suit in deed was beautiful, he didn't know much of tailoring but the color was vibrant yet not gaudy, and it complemented his eyes and fur. But the writer was not looking at the suit, instead he seemed enchanted with Misaki's lips and eyes, and tail, that kept wiggling oddly, partly trapped inside the pet unfriendly dress pants.
"Misaki" The writer's voice overflew with lust and admiration, churning the cat from the inside out, so he could only run to the changing room, hiding his vibrating tail and reddish face.
Really, all was good till he saw the bill, the stupid Usagi tried to hide it but he was not good at it. Of course, in the end it didn't matter how much he fought, not only his… mate had purchased a 3 piece suit, but he had also bought 3 dress shirts in 5 different colors, 4 different dress shoes, 15 pairs of socks, 5 neckties of different color and style, and they even went by a jewelry store to get a velvet and leather collar that had Usami's information on one side and his brother's information on the other.
"That way when you're with him you can turn it around" the damn author seemed so high and mighty.
"Please learn the value of money!" Misaki's lives were lowering from the already bad number from 7 (the author had already depleted the other 2 previously) to a 5, he was 100% sure of that.
"don't you want to know why you need all this?" if only he could erase that smug smile from the author's face, even if he looked so handsome with it
"I'm pretty sure I don't NEED all this" Misaki made sure to extend his arms far and wide to point out to the amount of boxes and bags covering their sofa and even some of the floor and coffee table, but the writer just ignored him, taking out his cigarette, "Tonight you'll accompany me to receive a prize"
"what?"
"my last novel was given an award, and I'm letting the editorial house make a party for it, I want you to come with me"
"but I'm only a pet I shouldn't… I…" Misaki's body was a clear show of confusion, his tail rattling with excitement, his ears low and back, his back bending lower and lower just like his voice, following his eyes too, to look at the floor.
"you're mine, aren't you?" the strong voice pulled Misaki out from his thoughts, "… I'm not…" the author was no longer sitting, the cigarette discarded on it's tray on the table. "I'm…" Usagi-san walked towards him, his essence, not his body, surrounding him unlike many other times before; he doesn't take away his exits, he doesn't push him, or demand. Misaki's heart swells and quivers, he looks up and Usami's eyes are so bright and warm his own body seems to quiver too.
"I'm yours and I'm your mate, right?"
"Yes" Misaki has to force his head to keep still, fighting his eyes to stay looking at his beloved mate.
"say it"
"you're my mate… mine" Misaki's voice lacks all command or certainty, but the author smiles proud nonetheless, "So I want you with me" Usagi pulls him close, "to be with me" he bends over slightly, "when everyone sees me", Misaki was waiting for it, the kiss, so common this days, just a soft peck, "so they know I have you and you have me"
"yes" Misaki is still a coward, and he knows, there will be many times when he caves in to social pressure, doubts and fears, but his beloved's love gives him strength, so he embraces the author back, sighting and purring happily.
"it would be best if you didn't go to college today thou"
That was not exactly what he was expecting, "no, I can't"
"you won't have enough time"
"Usagi-san, I can't, Kamijou-sensei is ruthless"
"you're almost done with classes"
"I can't"
"Misaki, don't go, stay with me"
- 0 -
Misaki felt his body move, jumbled blocks of sound stabbed his ears and pounded his head, from time to time his body contorted, he felt hands holding him, pushing him, and once someone lifted him from the floor making his body cramp again. "vomiting". When his eyes were finally able to focus he didn't recognize any of his surroundings, but the closest voices were heartbreakingly unfamiliar.
"Room 7, 5 and 3 are flooded"
"they're supposed to go through inspections"
"we were not informed of that, just throw them in a cage and tell the doc"
He didn't look at the humans talking, he focused on his heartbeat instead, wildly pumping oxygen through his body, painfully trying to make him run. But he was thoroughly shackled, wrists and feet, the metallic clank joining the terrifying orchestra of this place.
"all yours Dee" One of the kidnappers grumbled, some papers were pushed and another person appeared on Misaki's field of vision. Unlike the kidnappers that wear regular clothing this guy was wearing a uniform, a kind of jumpsuit with many pockets, and a vest with just one pocket. He clicked his tongue and checked the documents. "5332?"
"this one" responded the other kidnapper, pushing Misaki forward, "that's not my name!" the guy looked at him from head to toe, "he looks far younger than the data"
"bits me, we checked the chip"
"fine" the guy moved the papers to the back of the file, grabbed a box and passed it to one of the kidnappers, again Misaki was pushed, the kidnapper, blond hair, wavy, he was only a little bit taller than Misaki, but he was twice his width, filled with muscles and a prominent scar on his left eyebrow. He didn't ask for anything, he just pushed Misaki's chin up, almost ripped Usami's beautiful blue collar and replaced it with a thick plastic one.
"53263 I imagine"
"yes, as predicted he tried to runaway, had to knock him down good"
"it was to be expected" the guy seemed uninterested, he just pushed the next file, grabbed a new box and gave it to the other kidnapper that Misaki finally noticed, was carrying Shinobu like a sack. He let him almost fall to the floor, to replace his own beautiful collar with the plastic one. He did rip Shinobu's collar, violently, Misaki moved his body but the other grabbed him from the arm.
"he's too awake, let's finish this up"
"and 2245, you were supposed to bring him as well"
"change of plans, he wasn't there, we took his human instead"
"WHAT?"
Misaki's tail fluffed instantly, his back arching and his ears flattening against his scalp. Nobody really raised their voices like that around him, not only that, but the human seemed livid.
"WHAT THE FUCK IS A HUMAN... WHAT DO YOU FUCKING THINK, YOU DON'T THINK!" the barrage of words just kept on coming, the two kidnappers said nothing, just let him explode for who knows how long. Misaki just tried to cover his ears with his palms.
"we gave you the report, it wasn't our fault"
"of course, you don't have to manage the consequences now" the human looked around, checked his papers and took the last box on the pile. "put this on, we'll need to track him while the doctor decides what to do with him"
the kidnappers didn't waste time, Misaki just watched them move the sleeping Kamijou-sensei from a chair he had been prompted on, to a sitting position to put the collar and another person, almost hiding in shadows took him up on his shoulder and left.
"room 7, the back side" Dee didn't even confirm the other heard him, he stamped the papers "we'll contact your unit to inform of the situation"
"They are aware"
"yes, but they have to know we won't pay for a change of product and added problems"
"that's not my fucking problem, you pay or"
Misaki feared they were gonna fight again but the other kidnapper seemed to do something and the other shut up. "we'll see"
"room 7"
"we know"
Room 7 was like a storage unit, windowless, one exit and entrance door, rows and rows of cages. He was placed in one of them, a tag with a number on a corner. He was pushed into it even thou he was not fighting their orders, well, they were not really giving orders, they just pushed or pulled him. Nobody had talked to him, and somehow he felt unable to speak.
The floor was covered on one side with straw and thin fabrics, there was no source of light, all swallowed when the door closed behind the humans. They never put Shinobu on a cage, he was sure of that, where had they taken him? Where was professor Kamijou? "Usagi-san I'm sorry"
Crying it's a certain way to put your body to sleep, ragged and drained by fear, loss and hunger his body could only spend some time letting go of his tears till he finally succumbed to sleep.
It seemed he had fallen in love with the writer so quickly, one would say it was love at first sight, but truthfully, he just felt a strong attraction; the man was handsome, his beautiful face, clear sharp eyes, the sweetest smile he always gave Nii-chan. That night, when he saw the writer for the first time, thinking he might become part of his family, had actually given him a strange sensation of elation and dread.
Then he had known of the author's unrequited love, and at that time he had not accepted it for what it was, the pain of his own unrequited love, but he cared for the man. Usami was not like his brother, the attention he gave him was as different as night to day, but he liked them both. Sure it took some time to get use to it, but in the end he understood. The man had been jarred and scarred because of trauma in his childhood, he acted childishly, rash, letting his emotions run his thoughts and actions. But he didn't lie, he was honest to a fault, a bit brash and perverted, but he never hid his true intentions to Misaki.
It was the love that was growing that made him decide to return home early on Christmas, to make sure his Usagi was not depressed smoking 5 packs of cigarettes per hour. It had been the right choice, and it had just made him fall even deeper for the writer. Because the writer loved fully, tenderly and honestly, because he was gentle in many ways and innocent in others. The man wanted to be happy, but didn't really know how to.
"Misaki, don't go, stay with me"
Misaki opened his eyes, there was noise, looking up he saw a tower of a man, covered in dark gear bending over in front of his cage, then he righted himself, moved to another cage and did the same. On the floor he had left a tray of what was probably food, or at least something slightly edible. Misaki only let his body drop, laying back down on the lumpy mattress, closing his eyes and returning to his memories.
If he could meet his previous self he would hit him. Why had he fought so much? it was obvious he had fallen in love with the author, why had he worked so hard to deny it? He only hurt Usami and himself, why? He didn't know, there was a chance that his inexperience just affected him like it did to many others. It could be the knowledge of all the challenges loving someone like Usami brought, even when the writer had stopped loving his brother and fully embraced falling for Misaki, the man didn't know how to love; he was controlling, quick to anger and jealousy, but a great deal of that was caused by Misaki's reactions, so he couldn't really blame the man fully.
Deciding to spend heat together had been the best decision, he believed. Marking his foster-owner maybe not so much, but he was proud for saying the words, for making a bond stronger than before.
Things didn't change much after that, he still went to college, cooked, cleaned and slept in his own room… but he was sleeping less and less in that room, using all kinds of excuses to fall in bed with the writer, and while Usami continued having many issues, like his jealousy, it all had diminished somehow, well, not somehow, it had most probably to do with Misaki's confession and active choice to have a relationship. He wouldn't call himself Usami's boyfriend, they were after all human and pet, but lovers? Yeah, lovers could be something he could say.
"say it"
"you're my mate… mine"
Misaki had never experienced a romance, so he just took in all the romance manga and made a list of things to do, trying to cook special meals, staying a bit longer with the author to talk, sharing bite-sized pieces of his childhood, so the author could be moved to share his own experiences, thou his were much more painful, given his family's awful environment and behavior. Every day he forced the writer's insecurities to light, they talked and discussed them, try and search for reason and solutions, repeating over and over…
"you're my mate… mine"
Yeah, his lover. It was deeply embarrassing and difficult to utter such words, but it left a path of warmth and happiness in it's wake, so he couldn't help repeating them in his mind. Yes, his lover, Usami was his lover.
"Misaki, don't go, stay with me"
"Stop pushing it, I won't be late and I won't have problems, just, I have to go!" he turned his face, avoiding Usami's eyes, "stop treating me like a child" Misaki bit the inside of his mouth to avoid pouting, how ridiculous that would be. Dead silence filled suddenly the room, he shivered and shiftily looked up to the writer's face, scowling deeply.
"now what?!"
"you're supposed to stay with me for the first month of mating, you have been going out for almost all that month, it could affect the marking"
"affect? Where did you heard that?!" Misaki's tail rattled, fluffing from base to the tip, his ears lowering, "don't you think I would know my own species nature?" Usami straightened his back and stepped closer to the cat, Misaki's brows plunged
"The vet said it would be best.."
"you're discussing ME to someone else?"
"is not someone else, is your vet, you have"
"how dare you?! you know what? I'm tired, have to go to class…" in 5 long steps Misaki left the wall and his mate, took his bag and turned towards the door, "I… I need to think, maybe I can come back after literature, I…" he dare not to see the writer, and Usagi-san did not respond, so he just adjusted the bag's strap over his shoulder, walked to the door and left their home.
The hard "mattress" felt stiffer, coarser, and the cage shrank. Misaki tried in vain to hold the tears, they just run freely to the side of his face, pooling over the thin fabric.
"Usagi-san" Misaki curled on himself, his last words to his mate turning bitter and vile. "Usagi-san I'm sorry" there was no use keeping it in, so he pushed his face towards the fabric and wailed as loud as he could, till his throat felt raw, till his face hurt and his eyes felt swollen.
Misaki didn't notice when he fell asleep, he wished he had kept sleeping, his brain somehow not up to date to the situation kept wondering where was Usagi-san, why was his room so dark. "Usagi-san" his voice cracked and the effort was painful, but still, "Usagi-san" oh! How much he craved to hear his lover's voice, smell his herbal and citrus essence. "Usagi-san."
He knew the author was right, all the pamphlets said, for ragdolls, that all just-mated pairs should avoid any stress and remain close to their mates, as to continue rubbing their essence, since it would grow the bond and help finish the marking. He thought maybe just living together was enough, so much so he didn't even consider marking the writer before leaving the house, well, he wasn't thinking much at that time, thoroughly offended and reckless.
How little it matter now. Again his body ripped from him wails laced with pitiful mewls, as if trying to call for his lover, the sound so broken it only caused him more distress, his body vibrating with his own purring.
"Usagi-san"
"Hey! Hey! It's o… it's going to be fine, are you hurt?" Misaki looked to the darkness and waited, the sound was, could it be?
"Professor Kamijou?"
"Misaki-kun! I'm trapped too, I can't get out, are you hurt? Can you move?"
"Kamijou-sensei I'm also trapped in a cage!" Misaki cleaned his face with his sleeve and crawled near the bars of the cage, his eyes were already noticing more detail on the room but still the place was too dark, "I can move a bit, but I can't stand up, the cage is too short" he shook the bars and pressed his body against them too, but they didn't even budge.
Knowing the professor was alive gave a second of hope to the young cat, but knowing he was also trapped took away all chances of escape, what could they do?
"It's okay Misaki-kun, breath, it's going to be fine" Kamijou-sensei's voice seemed so far away and close at the same time, looking to the farthest point of darkness he imagined a door or hallway that would lead to another room. "How?"
Misaki looked at the tray in front of him, "should I really eat?" like Kamijou-sensei suggested he had taken one bite of the lumpy mush. After some minutes when there was no nausea he forced himself to eat as much as he could, the food had a strange taste, like medicine, no smell he could detect, was his nose congested? It was so out of the ordinary to not sense anything. Thou he was not hungry, he was able to finish the whole tray, barely gagging.
As much as he wanted to talk with his professor all day long, they kept silent most of the time. "We can't risk someone hearing what we say" Professor Kamijou was right when he said that, Misaki knew that, still, he desperately wanted to ask question after question. Well, most answers could not be answered by Kamijou-sensei, so it made no sense to pester his cellmate about all his worries and fears.
To pass time he tried to count how many cages he could see, how many bodies he could see inside the cages and if he could tell any movement from those bodies. The process creep him out, but Kamijou-sensei said it could be useful at the moment of breaking free. They fed him just as many times as they fed the professor, but the other cages did not receive the same tray or the same amount. Misaki couldn't help trying to ask the guards to feed the others just as much as him, but it was useless, they never answered, they didn't even look at him most of the time.
At one point a person wearing a lab-coat came to take the professor somewhere, Misaki counted 47 minutes, but it could have been less, or more, since he could never verify the time, could only try to focus on rhythmic counting. When the professor was back he waited, counting 25 minutes before daring to speak. "What do they want with us?"
It took so long for the professor to answer Misaki was beginning to stress, his tail swishing in quick circles.
"how long have you been with Akihiko, your owner?" Misaki should have not been surprise, after all they had gone through, but he jumped on his cell either way and attempted to cover up their relationship. "Usagi… Usami-sama is caring for me, he's not my owner, my older brother took me in when my owners, our parents passed away. He… He is" Misaki closed his eyes and breathed deep, his body shaking softly, holding back tears.
"He must love you a lot"
"eh?" Misaki gasped, blinking the tears away and looking directly at the dark corner where Kamijou's voice came from.
"I know him, you know? He was, is, my childhood friend, and I know he never accepts anyone" Kamijou voice elongated, as if daydreaming, "he's despondent, aggressive, impolite, unable to care for himself, and the only thing he knows to do right is write" He shouldn't, but Misaki couldn't stop himself from chuckling at the same time Kamijou barked a short laugh, more like letting the sound escape his mouth.
"yes, yes, that's Usami-sama"
"he would have never accepted you for as long as he has, if he didn't love you"
"… he" the poor young cat swallowed over and over, the words just not going through, "I…"
"don't worry, you'll see him again"
Misaki didn't last, a deep-belly purr mixing with loud mewls of sorrow. Even thou they were covered in darkness he hid his face with his hands. "I love him, I love him" was the only thing he could say.
Suddenly Kamijou gasped so loud it cut Misaki's burst, "don't you have a tracker?! that asshole, he would surely put a tracker on you!"
"tracker? I don't know, but they threw away all my belongings, I didn't' have them when we arrived" Misaki used his sleeves to clean his face, the cleanest corner of his bed to blow his nose, "they didn't care for my collar, they removed it when we entered this place and replaced it with a plastic one"
"We don't know where Akihiko placed the tracker, he might have even wired more than one item" Misaki looked at the corner, picturing his professor walking from one side of his cage to the other, "knowing him he definitely wired more than one item and used the newest technology too…" some words were so lowly rumbled he couldn't make them out, probably the professor was talking to himself, he was known for doing that constantly around campus, "they probably have at least an idea of the direction the kidnappers took, I don't know how long we have been here, but there's a chance they're already involving the police" Kamijou's excitement was too good to pass, Misaki breathed hard and held the bars with both paws.
"what if he didn't?"
"he MUST have, we WILL get out of here, we just have to be ready"
"Shhhh" Misaki almost hissed and Kamijou's voice died out, after a minute or two the door opened and the lab-coat entered followed by a pet, chained, poorly dress and close to crying, if he compared him with the shadows around he thought maybe he had been kidnapped not too long ago.
The guy stopped his walk in front of Misaki's cage and gestured for the cat, when said pet only moved some step closer he yanked the chain, almost toppling the cat over. The poor kitten cried out and rushed forward, thought not closer to the guy, instead closer to Misaki's cage, almost pushing his face between the bars to inhale long and deep.
"What do you want?" As always nobody answered, the pet looked at Misaki for a brief second but turned around immediately, nodding his head to the guy in the lab-coat. This seemed to anger him, he grumbled profanities and left the room in a storm, dragging the pet behind him.
"Take 70512 to it's cage, feed him, then tell Mone to prepare room 4 for an ultrasound" the guy's voice boomed, so loud even the door closing did nothing to stop Misaki from hearing the command.
The guard nodded, bent. left Misaki's food on the floor and left with the poor kitten, looking at him he seemed to have Ragdoll qualities like himself, but he's beautiful mane was dirty, dull and uneven, as if it had been chopped. Ragdolls were not proudful creatures, but Misaki knew, all fell deeply about their beautiful fur, their coats were always said to be the softest and shiniest of the cat Pet breeds. He himself felt happy and, you could say, proud of his chocolate mane, and he knew his beloved author loved it too, since he took his time rubbing his hands over it, pressing and caressing it too, although that could have always been his lovingly yet perverted ways…
When the guy returned Misaki moved farther, to ignore them but the guy opened the cage, Misaki's heart jumped and his body pressed against the back of the cage, should he bite? Should he run? What of Kamijou-sensei? What would he say? He had barely been back himself from wherever they took him… were they gonna take him there too?
"Do not fight, I'm tired and you won't gain anything from it"
Misaki trashed either way, at least until the man grab him by the neck and pressed somewhere in his nape, making his body suddenly limp and heavy, "the only useful thing about your breed", grumbled the guy, pulling him away, Misaki was surprised he still had strength to stay upright, just tumbling out of the cage, following the guy out of the room.
The place was a passageway with many doors, all metal, all with no handles, just holes for keys, he counted 5 doors and then they turned left, to his right he was able to notice another pathway, that while had many doors too, it had a yellow white glow that Misaki knew could only mean daylight. He filed that information in, counted 3 more doors and finally entered a room, small, at least half the side of an usual office, with a corner filled with broken pieces of chairs, boards, a few machines that were dusty or black, most definitely not waiting for repair.
The guy forced him to the table, maneuvering him with practice ease till he was laying down, strapped to it by his arms and legs. Without uttering a word the guy worked outside Misaki's field of vision, he could only hear some sounds, like plastic, like metal, like he was moving stuff around, then a thin trembling sound, wheels on the floor moved closer to the bed. The guy as expected didn't ask for permission nor forgiveness and he lifted Misaki's shirt up, promptly squirting a transparent gel on his belly, the thing was cold and it shook Misaki, he was about to demand an explanation when a beeping was clearly heard, and the machine turned to life, there was also another sound, like static, very very low, to the point he thought the human shouldn't be able to hear. The guy took a wand like piece and rubbed it against Misaki's belly, pressing hard to the point of pain, but he chose not to say anything or cry.
"Tsk... tsk", The guy kept complaining every time he moved the wand over the skin, after cursing a bit louder he pressed so hard Misaki had to close his eyes and hold his breath. "Fuck!"
The door opened and another person entered, he was larger than the other in many ways, he was taller, beefier, with an aura of malice that seemed to grow in tendrils from him. Misaki heard his heart pounding on his ribcage, this man could mean nothing good.
"Is it carrying?"
"Inconclusive, as you can see there is no development" the guy moved closer to the bed, allowing the "Doctor" to walk closer and stare at the machine, Misaki's heart seemed to dim their words, he tried breathing slowly, focus on their back and forth, but another sound, like a drum, no, like the hum of a hummingbird was becoming more obvious, where did it come from?
"but the walls have thickened"
"yes, there was insemination, but it's too early yet to determine if the litter will be successful or how many"
"did 70512 confirm the bond?"
"Yes unfortunately"
"fuck"
Throughout the whole exchange neither had turned to look at Misaki, and he felt no annoyance or problem with that, somehow the hummingbird drum had taken his whole attention, slowly calming his heart rate. But then the "Doctor" had finally turn to see him, grabbing in one swift action Misaki's shirt, pulling him up, closer to his face and wrath, "you fucking whore! Do you know how much I payed for you?!"
The "doctor" didn't care Misaki was bound to the table, he pulled and shook him with such strength he feared his joints would pop and break.
"Sir! Stop! Renji!"
"what?" the man kept Misaki's shirt pulled up, almost touching his chin, only his face had twisted to see the other, "Listen!"
"What?"
Misaki waited, not knowing what the other wanted, till he noticed the hummingbird drum becoming louder and louder, the guy was increasing the volume of something. The "Doctor" immediately let go and turned fully to look at the guy, "try again", he barked and the guy moved towards Misaki, pressing the wand back again on his skin. Misaki didn't understand what was happening, but something told him it was not good, so he trashed this time, writhing like a fish out of water against his bounds.
"STOP OR I'LL KILL YOUR LITTER"
The words made no sense, seriously, his life right now made no sense, but the words were ludicrous, he had had no children, he was too young for that, well, many did have children at his age, some even younger, but he specifically had never had kids, Usagi was his first love and lover after all. Still… he stopped trashing, the hummingbird drum so clear it seemed to come from everywhere.
"Babies?" Misaki's voice was low, almost breathless, but in the silence of the room it echoed loudly, but nobody answered, the guy went back to pushing the wand and they both bent towards the machine to read the screen
"it can't be"
"the walls are prepped, I'm sure the sound is the heartbeat"
"we need to do a trans-vaginal ultrasound"
"will it work?"
"Not sure, but if there's a litter it could be ectopic and that would endanger the product, getting rid of the litter would actually be beneficial, I can't revert the bonding with it still carrying" Both men where growing in tension, alone in their own world, Misaki just looked at him, looked at the screen, or whatever part of it he could glance at, and heard the loud humming.
"I wouldn't revert the bonding on him, we haven't had a successful reversion yet, and it is the only ragdoll we have, 70512 is the proof of that"
"fine… do we have another bonded cat?"
"Not ready, there's a few old enough for bonding but a forced bond takes time to settle, we don't have time…" the man seemed to have a bright idea, his face lightening up as if there was an actual light-bulb on top of his head, "we could use 58263! it bonded with a human just like 5332"
"do it, start preparing it immediately" Renji, as he was called, moved away, seemenly done with all the discussion.
"yes"
"in the mean time make sure 5332 is in perfect condition, if the litter is viable it might be of greater importance to keep it healthy till we can cut them out, we haven't been able to get new products because of the fucking law, his litter could help fill us in, buyers don't mind waiting a couple years"
his voice was gruff, but he almost seemed to smile, walking out of the room with a pep on his step. Misaki was dimly aware of everything, there was movement, there were noises, the hummingbird drum turned low and was gone, then he was unbound, and the guard came to take him back to his cage.
There was no fighting or trashing or even looking around, Misaki just walked with his eyes downcast towards the floor, but he couldn't even say he was staring at the floor, he was far away from it, from everything.
He was placed in his cage, the food still waiting for him thou this time already inside his cage, the guy said something, he was sure, Misaki didn't care, but the guy wouldn't leave, he only repeated the same thing, once, maybe twice, so Misaki took the food and placed it in his mouth, chewing took great effort, his brain having to consciously be told how to work his mouth, his teeth.
There was no flavor or texture, he just chewed swallowed, chewed swallowed. At some point the guy went away with the guard, and the silence returned for a bit. Finally Misaki lowered the food and closed his eyes, the hummingbird drum returning to him, it wasn't a memory, it wasn't his mind bringing back the idea of it. When he closed his eyes and evened out his breathing, he was able to hear his own heartbeat in his ears, and through it, very deep down, he could also feel, more than hear the hummingbird in his body, trapped lower than his ribs, almost in his belly.
Was it an illusion? A strange kind of hallucination?
"Misaki-kun?!" Kamijou's voice was tense, it seemed his professor had been calling his name for quite some time… maybe… Misaki knew he had to answer, but no voice came out, the hummingbird was still there, still there
"MISAKI!"
The door opened and two guards came in, he didn't recognize either of them, but he recognized the cat they were pulling behind them. "Shinobu!" The cat's face was ashy, his beautiful caramel mane was dirty, dull and wild, cut in strange ways, and strained up, as if it had been pulled one way and the other. Shinobu didn't lift his eyes to look, he just dragged his feet behind and allowed the guards to push him inside a cage in the front row of Misaki, but farther to the left, closer to the door that gave way to Professor Kamijou's room.
"Hey! That one is not supposed to be here!" Another guard joined the group, he was carrying their bins with meals. "We have orders, there's no other cages available and he needs to be prepared." the guards closed the cage.
"I was not informed"
"do you fucking think they inform everyone? We were just told" grumbled the other one, putting the heavy lock on top of the connection. "if you fucking want ask Mone, he might explain to you his whole plan and give you a candy for your good job"
"fuck off"
"stop your yapping already, we were ordered, it's here already, and he needs to be fed" another voice, farther to the right called, "what?! We don't have food for it"
"you'll have to figure out, Doctor ordered to feed him 4 times a day, and to hydrate him well"
the guard wanted to say more but he just dumped his bins and moved to deliver the food as he always did, from the entrance rows to the back. Misaki thought since he had ate his food late he would not get any but the guard still put a tray in front of him.
"… excuse me?"
The guard never stopped, moving away already.
"Excuse me, I just finished eating my meal, you can give him my food for now"
All three guards turned to see him, as if a chair had suddenly declared himself the king of the place and started dancing the macarena. "I just…"
The guard didn't say anything, but at least he took the tray and put it in front of Shinobu, the others just went away, "fuck-face" the guard grumbled but the door was already shut closed, there was no more arguing.
It took great effort to not say anything, till the guard was gone at least for 15min, he had become quite adept at counting, or at least he thought so. "Shinobu-kun… Shinobu-kun!… Please Shinobu"
He felt like crying, "please, answer me…" he held the bars on his hands, pressing his face against them, "Shinobu-kun, I think… they think I'm pregnant!"
"Misaki?"
"Shinobu-kun! Yes, yes I'm here, please, get closer to the light, the place is not well lit, I can't see your face very well" the cat moved, but his body seemed to weight tons for how much he seemed to struggle, when he saw the shine in his eyes Misaki couldn't help tearing up, "Shinobu I'm so sorry, I should have stopped them, I…"
"don't, you couldn't have done anything, they're twice our size and they have been trained for this, most probably they have been doing these for years now"
"what are they?"
"Just muscle, they're paid to keep the subjects in line, feed us, take us from place to place, and from time to time they do deliveries, thou I guess they kidnap too… I wasn't expecting that to be honest… I should have thou"
"why ? Why did they kidnap us?" Misaki looked towards the door, only a black hole there, "That was my fault, I'm sorry for that, I came from here… I was part of their subject line and was programmed to bring you here, well, I was supposed to bring many others but it seems their plans didn't work as well as they thought it would"
Shinobu laughed bitterly, and Misaki felt angst curling on his belly, "why?"
"They experiment on pets, they have done many things, it is not knowledge what they seek, they just want profit. I was part of the machine to produce more, because my breed is a common, easy to handle and reproduce, they can kidnap many, keep many… I should have known I wouldn't last long outside"
"Shinobu" the words didn't go farther than that, Shinobu just clearing his throat, "you said you're pregnant?"
"that's what they said or, I don't know, the memory is becoming jumbled, I don't know… I" Misaki touched his forehead with his paw, warmth making him wonder if he had a fever, "did you mate?"
"… yes, a few weeks ago"
"was it your heat?"
"Yes"
"then you're probably car… pregnant" Shinobu's certainty broke the little hope Misaki had, a short whine coming out, tears pooling on his eyes, "How?"
"I guess you don't know, or you don't remember, maybe you're one of the babies Nowaki saved. The only reason you're here is because you were here before, probably many years ago, when you were a kitt. Nowaki, another pet that was trapped here took many with him, and as far as I know he took most to orphanages, and he thinks all were adopted"
"I was… adopted from a pet orphanage, when I was... 6?" suddenly his memory seemed misplaced, he was 6, right? His parents had said so, his brother… "I only have pictures when I was 6"
"that tracks"
"but I would know if…" Shinobu seemed to sat down properly, the sound of the plastic food tray being moved, "you were young, and this was a nightmare, it must have been easy for your mind to forget, safe and sound in a family, it is easy to forget"
"… what if they are wrong?"
"About you being part of this or the pregnancy?" Misaki looked at his belly, "Both?"
"I don't think so, you were not just there, the day I attacked you, well, the reason why I attacked you is because my programming helped me recognize you as a subject, I basically attempted to trigger your chip into working, so that you would breed and come back to the lab on your own"
"…"
"so that's why I had my heat" finally Misaki sat down properly over his mattress, pulling his legs closer to his chest.
"no, it doesn't trigger heat"
"no, I mean, Ragdolls don't have heats at my age, I'm far too young, but it makes sense, if they wanted me to breed… then they would need me to have my heat"
"oh… yeah, I guess so… I'm sorry"
"no… at least it helped me bond with my lover, if I hadn't bonded, but still was there, I would have been kidnapped without mating… I rather… if I never…" Misaki blinked away his tears over and over, but his vision remained blurry; he swallowed his cries but the deep purr remained.
"I'm sorry"
it took some time for Misaki to calm down, when he finally did he turned to look again to Shinobu but another voice interrupted him "Misaki-kun!"
"Professor Kamijou!"
"Professor kamijou?!"
"Shinobu? Shinobu! you're with Misaki? Are you okay? Where were you?" Misaki heard more than see Shinobu moving around his cage, possibly to ensure he could hear their professor.
"I'm … alive professor, they have us in cages in the same room, are you?"
"They have me in a cage too, but I think mine was not meant for pets? Not sure, is far bigger than the ones around me, but not enough for my size… have to be bending all the time"
"I thought.. fuck… I'm sorry, it is all my fault, because you were there, because I was there"
"no, it's okay, wait, what do you mean is your fault?"
"... Kamijou-sensei, I'm sorry, the only reason why they took you is because they were trying to take me and you were in the way, I'm not sure if they knew Misaki was there, I don't think they planned to take him, but they surely came for me"
"why?"
"Because I was part of this shit-hole, I was a subject here and it was my job to bring them back the ones that escaped some years ago"
"Nowaki…" Misaki didn't recognize the name, but he did know the strangled pain and longing that came with it, he felt it too every time he said Usami's name.
"yes… I'm sorry professor"
"No, I mean, yes, Nowaki told me, he told me you had been in the same laboratory, and that he helped many escape but… he had a chip, we took it out, we gave it to some lab"
"what?!" Shinobu almost had to bite his tongue, his word so loud they had to wait, hearts pounding, if there was anyone coming to shut them up.
"Yes we…"
"when?"
"I don't know how long ago, days go by without me knowing, but it was Saturday"
"Then maybe we have a chance!" Shinobu was so excited, Misaki imagined him bouncing inside his cage. He moved closer to the bars, trying to hold his own excitement, "What do you mean?"
"They don't use chips from the market, I know they use some made only for them now, mine is, but Nowaki's like Misaki's had an old programming that would give back their coordinates if triggered in a specific way, I never knew how but I heard them arguing about it! They have a mole inside the PCID, they were hot on their heels so they changed the programming for the newer chips"
"so they could find us?" Misaki gasped the words, fearing hope
"Yes!"
"We're going to escape!" Misaki closed his eyes, Usami's face clear in his mind.
"Maybe… I don't want to ruin anyone's hopes, but it is possible, if the information is not damaged, they could get the coordinates, bring the police and get us out…"
"But how would they know what happened? That parking lot has no cameras, I know because I signed a petition asking to put some there! They were debating that freaking idea!" Misaki grumbled, making fists, almost hitting the bars with them.
"But I called Nowaki"
"what?"
"They don't know, they didn't hear me, I called him before I passed out, I told him… something, I can't remember anymore, but I know he heard me because he replied! I wasn't able to say much, had to throw the cellphone under the car, but he probably heard whatever they said between each other while they were putting us inside the car"
"we have a chance, we have a chance" Misaki mewed, tears flowing
"but we don't have time!" Shinobu cursed, Kamijou's voice answering faster than him, ""What do you mean?"
And then Misaki knew, what Shinobu was thinking about, "they plan on destroying the bond I have with Usagi-san!"
"They said that?" Kamijou's voice quivered, it was the first time he had it so clear.
"They think I'm pregnant, but they don't know, and if its… I don't know something like ect...?
"ectopic?" Kamijou asked, the word, yes that was it, "yes! They said it would be better to break my bond"
"fuck"
"they said a time?" Shinobu voice lowered so much it scared Misaki, "No, but they said they would try first with another pet, because is dangerous it seems"
"the bond break was not ready by the time I left, so that means they haven't had a successful experiment since then either, they usually took 5 days to prepare the pet, that gives us 5 days minimum"
"shouldn't' that be 10?" Shinobu just clicked his tongue, "no, it would be too inefficient, they'll prepare you at the same time, so that if it works they'll just go through with you immediately" Misaki's body grew heavy, the hummingbird suddenly present again, " I don't want to loose my bond!"
"Misaki-kun be strong, we have to prepare… I.. I took a blade with me" Kamijou's voice rose and fell with worry, "really?" Shinobu's voice too, they all seemed to go through a roller coaster of emotions, "The last time, I was able to move a bit and grab a blade, they're used to people being so hopeless they no longer notice, or they don't care, I don't know, it doesn't matter, we should try to take more stuff, prepare for when they come"
"yes!"
"And if they don't?" Misaki couldn't help the fear clouding his mind, the hummingbird even louder now.
"Then we'll have to create a chance ourselves, I'm not letting my students be toys for their experiments and… I won't" Kamijou wanted to say something, and for a moment Misaki thought of asking "professor…"
"be brave Misaki-kun, Shinobu-kun, you already survived this place, we can do it again"
- 0 -
Within the next 4 feedings Misaki noticed and even commented to Shinobu how they were feeding more, thou Shinobu tried to deny it, but he knew they were not only giving him the 4 meals he heard, they were also giving him double the amount of water bottles, finally the other concede "It's possible… most probable that they'll try to break my bond with Miyagi"
"We need to run before that happens!" Misaki voiced, trying to sound brave
"How?"
They're not able to discuss much, the lab-coat entering and taking blood samples of them, including Kamijou-sensei.
"Sensei?" Misaki's troubled tone mixed with Shinobu's weary, dark tone.
"Nothing, they're just trying to see if Nowaki also changed my genetic" the professor seemed to try and sound dismissive, but the heaviness was impossible to disguise, the pause and fear.
"but you're human how could?" Misaki tried to see through the darkness to Shinobu's features
"I don't know, they do too many experiments"
"They do try a lot of chemicals and hormones, it wouldn't surprise me that they don't know all that can happen with their experiments" Shinobu's words were true, he knew, but he also knew the cat was just following along the professors lie.
But there's no time to pry the truth from their professor, the days go by as so the feedings and samples. Since they need more weapons Misaki chooses to fake pain, so he's taken back to the same small room, and checked, blood pressure, temperature, the lab-coat measures his belly, and furrows his brows, then he checks his blood sugar, takes samples and hears his lungs, heart and belly, furrowing even more. Misaki knows not to even ask what's going on, they won't answer. So he just panics and fears, trying to hold onto the hummingbird song while the guy calls for another to bring a machine. And they bring one, another guard he doesn't recognize that's quite grumpy, the guard is not as muscled as the others, and unlike them the guard looks at him and stares and stares, it creeps the hell out of him.
"You can leave" the lab-coat doesn't even look at the guard.
"have to take the machine back, I took it from the main surgery room and the doctor is gonna operate today on 5547"
"fine"
The lab-coat works the machine on, now the hummingbird drum is clear, unlike the other time.
"When did you bond?"
Misaki didn't look at the guy, annoyed and frustrated, but the guy didn't mind grabbing him by his chin and forcing it around, "Answer or I'll make sure you loose your bond AND your bastards" he seemed to seethe, Misaki was sure they should have been froth around his mouth, his heart jumping loudly with the hummingbird drum following, "outside of heat period? How many days?"
"on heat period, on the first day" he tried moving his face away but the guy kept him put, "how many partners?"
"only one"
The guy moves away and pulls out his phone to make a call "the fetus is progressing too fast, there might be some problems" Misaki strained to hear the other one on the line, but nothing is clear, "yes yes yes, no, it should be around 3, but it already proceeded to stage 4, it's faster than a human, is closer to a regular pet timeline but it is irregular" the guy moved to look at the machine, noting things down on a board of papers, "it might miscarry"
Misaki's gasp was loud, it came out from his soul, terror so great it overrun his mind, the guard on the door seemed to move, jerk, but never walked beyond his wall.
"of course I'm working on the un-bonding, but if it's this risky we should decide whether is better to just un-bond him and take the fetus out, it should become fertile immediately and we could try the heat pill" the more the guy said the more acidic his panic became, "it's programming failed! Not the drug, we haven't tried to drug yet" the guy stomped, hunched over and trashing his fist around, "No, we don't have ragdolls, but I have a ragdoll bastard, it's old enough and it has already been broken, it should be fine" suddenly he calmed down and turned to see the machine again, "very well, I'll proceed… Fine, Dee is almost done preparing for the un-bonding, the possibilities of loosing the litter is higher on the ragdoll" something must have been said, his eyes hardened, "understood"
The guy notices his state but has no mercy, "don't fight, this medication will help your heart rate calm down, if you loose it you WILL loose your litter" it was the only thing Misaki needed to hear to stay still and let the needle puncture his arm. Indeed the medication helped the panic recede, but still he came back to his cage shivering, almost fainting, holding on the metal bars for dear life, the coldness strangely reassuring in a way. Shinobu kept asking something, but he only pushed the scalpel he was able to steal towards his cage. He had wanted to take the keys, but it would have been too obvious.
Finally after the medication makes him sleep he's able to explain what happened in the room, trying to add as little detail as possible. They're gonna break on the 4th day, the un-bonding required Shinobu to be isolated and they would probably isolate Misaki too. If they wait for the 5th day to confirm the un-bonding it would be too late.
Finally the day comes, they don't sense the morning, they just know is the first feeding of the day. And it all starts stressing because they both, Shinobu and Misaki hear Kamijou vomiting, he is taken away for around half an hour and when he comes back the professor doesn't say anything, they just hear him softly crying. Misaki was about to cry out his name when the professor answered back, "I'm fine, it's okay, just really horrible meals"
"What happened?" Shinobu asked, both know it had nothing to do with the meal
"Nothing, I'm fine"
"Professor?" Misaki thought of everything they had been through, even if the professor had been known for his resilience, stubbornness and pride, he should be able to tell his cell-mates what was wrong. "Is fine, is fine, I'm just stressed out"
Misaki feared for the professor, the guy's a human, why would they want him and keep him there? What if they were planning on experimenting on him? "they won't touch you, would they?"
"No, don't worry, again, I'm just emotional" Misaki didn't have to be able to see Shinobu to know he didn't believe the professor either.
As planned they waited for the second feeding, at that moment Misaki would fake pain again, and while they worked on his cage Shinobu would vomit and cause a mess. Shinobu would be able to take the keys, and they would scramble enough for Shinobu to reach the professor and free him. If possible they will separate the keys and Misaki will try to free as many others as possible. They had little time to do everything.
But then, 3 guards entered the room, 2 of them he recognized immediately, the kidnappers, the third stayed far away but somehow he knew it was the creepy guard from the room.
"Did you miss me?" Misaki's whole back arches, he checks the door, and one of them moves "seems you liked getting pound and found where to whore yourself out"
"Fuck you" Misaki bit his tongue, it wouldn't help to stop Shinobu from answering, nothing really could helped in this situation.
"You have more spunk than before, it won't last" the guy chuckled, his voice thick and dragging, "did you know that all the un-bonded pussies go crazy? They become sex toys, but they plan to sell you immediately, since you're used goods, so this is my goodbye"
Misaki pushed against the bars, he growled and hissed, he screamed for them to stop, but they opened the cage and pulled Shinobu out. He heard him fight, grunt, moan in pain. Through the sliver of light, coming from the slightly open door he was able to see the 2 human monsters pinning Shinobu down, he was about to hyperventilate out of desperation when a beep and noise came through, a walky talkie. "Have to take 5332 to room 3"
"go" grumbled one to the other, while fighting to pull Shinobu's pants down, but the other pushed him away, "you do it!"
Misaki wished for them to fight, but they must have done this so many times they knew when to work it out, "look, I'll take the pussy to the fuck room, they won't mind him a bit used before the un-bonding, you take 5332 and come meet me"
"Fine" the guy pushed up and helped the other to pull Shinobu and manhandle him into a leash, for a moment it seems he's not gonna fight it. One holds him while the other opens Misaki's cage. But there's a twist, a turn and Shinobu bites an arm, pushes back and starts scratching whoever gets close enough to him, Misaki tries to fight too, he wished for adrenaline to kick in and give him super-pet strength, but nothing like that happens. He's manhandled, grabbed by the back of his neck, while Shinobu is backed into a corner. There's no way he can win. Misaki can hear the professor's alarmed voice calling for them, a dull sound like metal against metal.
"No, he's pregnant too!"
"Shinobu is pushed down, bounds placed around his wrists, "we can get more like him, of you dear, that's another story" the guy laughs and Misaki's tears burn his face with wrath and impotence.
"We have taken already too long, shame we can't put you too in the fuck room" the guy says shaking Misaki's body by the nape, he just cries out, in pain and fear and hatred. "But I guess becoming a fuckhole will be enough for you" Shinobu is just listless
Misaki is moved forward, he turns as much as he can to see Shinobu, he's ear are flat against his scalp, there's a flicker forward, then up, Misaki sees him blink slowly, so Misaki blinks slowly back and turns to walk away. "It's time"
Author's note: So, I'm sorry. I know I said I was gonna finish the fanfic this year, still gonna try but I might finish it during the first 2-3 weeks of January, cause life has been fucking me without a safeword for all this months. Between work, life, illness, university and traveling, even a family member's death, I haven't had time to do much writing. Also, this chapter is HUGE, I think is the longest and thickest one. Partly because I haven't done much for Misaki, I have been prioritizing the Egoist and Terrorist couple, but also cause there's a lot of moving pieces clicking into position. So I have to make sure to prepare everything for the climax. Hope you forgive me for making them suffer still, there's a bit more pain to go through but don't worry, happiness is around the corner. Thank you always for the likes or kudos, or whatever you do in this sites. Comments are also deeply appreciated. Thank you and read you again.