Reaching back out of the shower, the seme part of his brain finally re-engaged and he pulled Katsumi in by the shoulder. Hiroki grabbed the body soap and started scrubbing his cute kitten down with a squishy sponge covered in soap.
~ ~ ~
Katsu followed Hiroki into the bathroom. Suddenly though, the world was moving and Azriel took a second to realize that the elephant had pulled him into the shower too! Giggling, Katsumi wrapped his arms around Hiroki's shoulders, leaning upward to claim the other man's lips in a soft kiss. "Mmmm... hot water... so much better than cold water..." the bat whispered, resting his head against the older man a few seconds later.
This... this was a nice way to wake up.
~ ~ ~
Hiroki smirked just before his lips were stolen by that kiss. His lips kissed the top of that head which snuggled his chest. Ah... he could live in this moment for so long. Even though things when completely over the deep end last night, he couldn't leave this behind. Didn't want to leave this behind. Probably would have been smarter if he could, but his heart wouldn't allow him to go. It was so nice to just be like this....and he prayed from here that there would be no more nightmarish days.
"Does Kitten furr want to hop in the tube with me?" he muttered into that wet hair beneath his lips.
~ ~ ~
The older man's arms were so warm... so gentle...
He hadn't left...
Azriel had half believed that the man would be gone, especially now that he remembered what he'd done.
But Hiroki remained... and it made the young man so very happy.
"As long as you keep me warm, I'll hop anywhere you want me too." he laughed with a smile.
~ ~ ~
Hiroki cuddled his kitten and felt content. This was so similar to the feeling of previous days but he had a little more knowledge about the world around him now. Some of it might not have been his own emotions. However, he wanted those feelings to be. He wanted to stay...wanted to love Katsumi...wanted to be in his arms at night. He wanted the romance and all those things that he never felt he could obtain when he worked for Aki.
He dragged the two of them out of the shower turning it off on the way before stepping into the tub. The bathroom was warm and comfortable as he dipped his feet in and settled to the bottom before pulling his kitten on top of his lap and massaging down his back. "Your skin is so soft...." The setting was perfect....warm water, a sexy nymph, and his fears put to rest.
~ ~ ~
Carefully, Azriel lowered himself into the bath, gently nestling himself against Hiroki, stradling the older man. Katsu couldn't help it because he really was happy right now. Comfortable and happy and warm and... loved?
~ ~ ~
As he sat there, he went quiet and just enjoyed the heat of the bath, "I hope were together for a long time, Katsumi...." he said as he leaned his head back against the coolness of the tile. "You still make my heart pound with desire....I don't think that will change even when I'm completely off whatever drugs these are...."
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Suddenly though, Katsu looked up, his gaze surprised. "You... hadn't called me that yet..." the vocalist whispered, his arms went out, gently wrapping around the elephant of Ohayou's shoulders. "You hadn't said 'Katsumi' before, outside of actual sex, I mean..." he continued, looking deeply into the other man's eyes. "I..." the bat smiled softly. "I'd like that too, Asato. To be together for a long time."
Leaning in, Katsu's lips gently placed small kiss after kiss to Hiroki's neck. They weren't overly sensual... just caring... cute little kitten kisses.
"You know... I don't have nightmares in your arms. I feel... different when with you... at ease... relaxed... cared about." Each word was said on the emphasis of a kiss. "I'm a playful bed time partner who doesn't know any better than to flirt and tease under the sheets... but... I feel like... well... like I can cling and cuddle and just be with you... and be happy."
~ ~ ~
He was a little surprised when Katsumi's eyes flicked up and looked at him so quickly. Then he smiled and reached down to stroke that cheek. True...he hadn't said it, just the way he should have up until now. It was his Kitten's real name...and shouldn't he be called by that now that Hiroki knew it. He hadn't put that in perspective until Katsumi said something just now.
"Mm...I love you Katsumi...." he said softly as he returned that gaze while his fingers drifted down from that cheek to those thin shoulders. He continued to smile as those kisses drifted over his skin. "I'm glad I make you feel that way. You make my world a much better place....too. I can't think of anywhere I'd rather be than with you." His fingers massaged along Katsumi's shoulders and down that back. God, it was so nice just to be comfortable and relaxed like this. Couldn't every day be like this?
~ ~ ~
'I love you Katsumi....'
Dark eyes closed hearing those words and the kisses stopped. Katsu couldn't help it when tears sprang to his eyes and he leaned forward, pressing his forehead against the older man's chest.
No one had ever said those words... least ways not that he could remember... and some part of him deep deep down had simply ached to hear them. Images flashed behind closed eyes and he held onto Hiroki tighter, fingers gripping at the man, nails sinking against the skin just enough to leave red marks.
Then the bat simply released the elephant of Ohayou and stood, stepping from the bath without looking at him and grabbing a towel. He wrapped it around his waist, taking up another and drying his hair, all the time keep his dark eyes focused on his own lithe image in the mirror.
"I'll be gone tomorrow." Azriel spoke, a sight tremor in his words. "I... I don't know when I'll be back but..." turning as he toweled off his hair, the young man watched Hiroki in the bath with a sad smile. "...but I want to wake up to your smile... I can guarantee, can give you safe passage, Asato. Please... won't you come see me?" the smile faltered somewhat and Katsu looked away before the older man could answer. "He'll still think your under my thumb, you know. If he thinks I control you he won't touch you but... I don't trust anyone else..." turning back, the bat walked swiftly over to the edge of the bath and knelt down. "I'm so scared, Asato... I've never..." again the young man glanced away as he sighed softly. "I love him... and I hate him... can you understand? He saved me... and condemned me... and now I feel like there's this huge gaping hole in my chest that just..." Katsu shook his head, tears falling from his eyes. "It hurts. I lost something sacred... Like you... You lost Aki and you loved him, didn't you? Before yesterday, there were only three things I feared, Asato. Cold... Death... and Izo. I feared him and fiercely loved him and my whole damn life has been one grand attempt to make him happy! But I was never happy... not like I am when laying in your arms... or when you say my name... I just..." Azriel couldn't stay in one place as he tried to bear his soul. No doubt it was confusing to the poor man in the large bath tub, but the bat felt that if he didn't get this out... he might never get the chance. And so Katsu stood, pacing back toward the mirror and the sink. "I just don't fear him any more... because he won't kill me. I'm his son! He can toss me into the PIT, though I don't think he's heartless enough to do it a second time... but he wouldn't kill me..." lithe arms wrapped around Azriel's own shoulders as he shivered slightly. "Tomorrow my life goes into the hands of a madman... and I really am afraid, Asato. Izo keeps telling me I'll be protected but... how can I trust him?" turning to Hiroki, the bat's dark eyes rested on the older man. "He betrayed me! How do I know he won't just leave me there? That Izo won't let the Doctor have me once and for all? But you... you love me... he's never loved me! Please, Asato... I want to see your face when I go under... and I want you to be the first thing I see when I wake again. Please come with me... onegai?"
~ ~ ~
After he had spoken, the feeling of Katsumi's fingers and that press against him told him had touched the younger man but in what way he didn't know until Katsumi started speaking. His heart started to pound with worry even as he realized how much Katsumi cared for him as well. The scary world of Katsumi's former life wasn't letting go any time soon. He didn't know if it ever would.
Hiroki stayed in the tub because it was warm and safe. Katsumi was pacing so much that he wanted to keep himself calm while the young man bore his soul to him. Hiroki tried to figure out the best course of action in the midst of information he hadn't been clear on before. A mad man? THAT MAD MAN? Was Katsumi letting that doctor in the video do something to him?!
Finally, when the younger man was done and those arms draped his shoulders, he found his words. They weren't well processed because Katsumi had been talking so fast. "Why do you have to go to him? He's not the only doctor in this world! I'm not letting you go alone...no way!" his shaky voice was a little desperate then his hand reached up to give Katsumi a reassuring squeeze. However, he couldn't even fathom what he could do if something went wrong in there. His allies didn't even know of the Pit and it was safer if they never knew.
But his elephant mind did process things as quickly as he could pulling out his business knowledge to calm himself down. "First...Don't get irrational. Yes, that's the first important thing." he said, while taking a deep breath. "If Matsumoto Izo pulled you out of there and you've done nothing but what he's wanted then I doubt he's going to throw you back. Besides, if he thinks your my Master, he's not going to toss that away. I was told he made an important deal with Aki. So for a year so he won't be trying for Ohayou. And that means for at least that long so he''ll not want to rock the boat before he thinks he can sink his fangs into my...company." It really was Hiroki's company now. That is until he split it with Akihiko, if they ever signed those papers.
He looked up at Katsumi from the tub, "You have to think like him for a moment and figure out what his priorities are, who his allies are, his enemies, and who are yours. He's also getting older Katsumi...It's possible that he wants you to take his place one day. If so, he's certainly not going to let a mad man take a way his only son. Older men start to worry about things like that even if he doesn't love you. You're still an important investment. Also....you're becoming popular in the music business. He's not going to forget that. Because Shou's fame isn't the only thing that keeps Smash in money. It's not one star that keeps a company up and running but several good ones. You've got talent so he won't let go of that. You've got to think about these things. Your an asset to him so why would he get rid of you?"
Then he stared down at the water and sighed, "I can't understand how you can love him but I do understand the part that hates him. I'll come with you if you think that is what will help you the most." He leaned over and kissed Katsumi on the lips while wondering if it was really a wise idea to enter into the depths of the Pit.
~ ~ ~
"I have to go to him. He's the only one who knows what he did." Azriel replied with a slight frown. Obviously Hiroki didn't understand. Then again, why would the man really want to? "I.."
"I'm not letting you go alone..."
Dark eyes flickered up to lock on the older man's gaze. "You... you'll come with me then?" he asked in a whisper, afraid that Hiroki might back out now.
Sighing, Katsumi shook his head, "Izo wouldn't get rid of me, son or not I do make him money. But I don't think he'll be there personally and that's why I want you with me, Asato. What I'm afraid of is my lack of allies in the dark." lithe fingers reached up to brush through Hiroki's hair. "I'm master of the upper layers now, you see. I... I want to make things better for the people stuck there but the Doctor rules the bottom and while I know I have an ally in the man who runs the top right now... I don't have a silent trained killer standing beside me ready to take a life. Izo needs me right now." Azriel smiled softly. "The Doctor doesn't. It's as simple as that. And I'm not so certain that the Doctor won't move against Izo's direct orders. So see... I have thought about it rationally. You and Kaito-kun are the only people outside that PIT that I can trust. Inside, there are a couple who I have been working on gaining the trust of... but until then I need you by my side... the head of Ohayou suddenly going missing? There would be a full scale investigation on all fronts and the Doctor couldn't hide from that forever. No... Izo would toss him to the dogs first. I want you with me." that kiss helped and Katsumi smiled as his nails raked through Hiroki's hair softly. "And... well... I'll miss you if I'm away from you for too long. Soto-san will make sure no one so much as talks to you down there. I may not trust Izo's word... but I trust yours. I trust you." he shook his head slightly, debating slipping back into the bath again. "You love me..." Azriel spoke, his dark gaze serious. "One of those reasons... I think... is because I 'saved' you from the solitairy life of a businessman married to his work. Izo saved me from a life of depravity in the dark... and likewise... I love him for it."
~ ~ ~
"I'll go with you. Mind you I'm...scared to death of this place you keep talking about. I don't know how I can even help if something goes wrong. But I'll go with you if that will help. But..how many days are you going to be there? If I'm gone too long my company will freak out. Especially since I've just returned from...mm....being away." he tried to remain strong about the idea but he wasn't sure how it was going to workout. He knew nothing of the Pit other than the horror that Katsumi told him about. To be honest he didn't want anything to do with that place. He didn't want to be there. Didn't want Katsumi there either. But what could he do?
"You should ask Matsumoto-san if he's going to be there when you have this....surgery? Maybe he can give you a really good...'guard' to watch over you?" asked Hiroki while he wondered what Izo would do if he found him in the Pit with Katsumi.
All he could do was nod when Katsumi raked his fingers through his hair. He was very uncertain about what would happen if he were stuck in the Pit for a short time. He was certain that Izo wouldn't want him there...but would he let him leave if he saw any of the place? "Mm...I suppose I understand that...although I don't want to.I can't stop you from feeling that way."
Hiroki leaned his head to the side feeling the chain of his collar sink a bit more into the water. He had totally forgotten it around his neck. "So...what will I have to do in order to go there?"
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"I'll ask him." Katsu responded with a small smile. "Even still... I want to see your face. Not his." the bat's fingers were gentle against Hiroki's skin, eventually moving from his hair to lightly stroke the older man's cheek. "You... will go with me, though I'll have to blindfold you in the car. When we get into the garage you can take the blindfold off. As much as I trust you to keep the place a secret... Izo would throw a fit if you knew where we were. The elevator will take us straight down to the bottom and I'll have Soto-san meet us in the garage. As for how long..." Katsumi shook his head, dark eyes fixed on Hiroki as he leaned in close, kissing the man's lips softly. "You don't have to stay there... just until I wake up, ne? Just so I can see you again. So only a day. No more. I promise. You can leave any time you want..." he whispered, kissing Asato once more.
For a moment, Azriel's fingers played with the chain about his lover's neck. If anything happened to Hiroki in the darkness... there would truly be hell to pay from what would, no doubt, be one pissed off kitty.
~ ~ ~
Hiroki nodded and leaned his head against Katsumi's shoulder. "Alright....I would rather know as little as possible. I don't want to give anyone a reason to...well...mm...do anything bad." He hoped that Katsumi's surgery would be short...and painless. "So I can leave anytime I want after you awake but after that I'm guessing that I'll just have to wait for you to...mm...get out of there after that?" He doubted that they'd bring him back in once he had left. He really hoped that going there wouldn't cause any problems for Katsumi in the Pit...or himself for that matter.
His lips pressed against Katsumi's and he smiled in that kiss. His fingers reached up to caress Katsumi's cheek and his lips parted as Katsumi played with the chain at his throat. Asato's eyes closed feeling slow relaxation spread over his limbs, "I just want you to be ok...I just want us to be happy...and together." Since he couldn't do anything about the matters coming up in the Pit, because he didn't know how the place worked, he'd just have to trust Katsumi to keep him safe.
~ ~ ~
"Oh, Asato... I just want that too." Katsumi whispered with a slight laugh, moreso to cover up how he deeply emotional he felt about the entire situation than anything actually being amusing.
Without another word, the towel slipped from around Azriel's body and he sank into the bath again. It wasn't out of any sensual need or want to charm. No... the bat just wanted to be in those arms.
Because who was to say he would feel them again should something go wrong?
"You're not a prisoner anymore." Katsu's voice was soft, his lips next to the older man's ear. "You can come and go as you please. Even from that dark place."
Azriel would personally flay alive anyone who touched his Asato. And Matsumoto be damned. The spider had told his offspring to make his own choices... and right now, Hiroki as his lover and partner, not his pet, was a choice that the bat had made.
For good or ill however, was yet to be determined.
~ ~ ~
His arms drifted around Katsumi in the water and he closed his eyes. Everything was warm and comfortable even if he were a bit afraid of the next few days. If something went wrong....what would he do??
"I know..." his lips parted as those lips were so close to his ear. "But they think I'm your pet as well so I'm sure that will skew their perceptions." He pressed Katsumi to his chest and then slide his fingers down to cup that cute a**. Just holding him against his skin.
"I still want to go on that vacation, but it seems like I shouldn't make those plans until we know how you're going to be feeling." whispered Hiroki against Katsumi's hair. "Why don't we plan for it a little further out when things start to get warmer. Just so you can heal up. I have a feeling you won't be able to take any flights for a few months after your surgery." Why did this remind him of Akihiko?
~ ~ ~
"Flights?" Katsumi shook his head. "I'd rather go by train. We can enjoy the trip better that way, ne?" he asked, leaning against Hiroki, dark eyes closed.
This was what he wanted... wasn't it? This trust and caring... this honesty... It was his choice. His first real choice, strictly for himself and not for the benefit of another.
Hiroki knew the truth of it all... and to the bat, this was better. He wouldn't have to have the Doctor in his home giving the older man doses of BoS. He wouldn't be trying to figure out how to best drug Hiroki next or how to slip a little DPress into his coffee.
"Warmer?" Azriel said the word like a question. "People always say summers are brutally hot... I'm kind of looking forward to summer."
After all, the young man hadn't been topside that long and it had been in the late fall when his music career started to blossom.
"I'd like to go whenever we can. Just get away from everyone, you know? But... I've got more responsibility now... and music to make... and you've got work too. A weekend getaway might not be possible for a few weeks."
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"Well I suppose we can go by train, but we would have to take a boat the rest of the way. If we go where I'd want to take you." Hiroki's eyes closed as he tried to figure out the best boats south. He was going to take Katsumi to a tropical paradise in the southern most part of Japan; a couple tiny isle where they could take canoes down small rivers, crab hunting on the white beaches, hiking in the forest and stay in small traditional Japanese motels in the middle of nowhere. Katsumi would get to see natural Japan without people or the...pit.
"We could go in the Spring....or Summer. Whenever we both can be free to go." His lips nuzzles Katsumi's forehead and smiled, "I think you'll have fun. It will be much different than here...."
~ ~ ~
"A boat would be fun. Never been on a boat before..." Azriel pondered this mode of transportation. Car, bus, train, subway, plane... those were all things he'd done before. But a boat?
Katsumi curled against Hiroki, one hand reached out to push a button on the side of the bath that turned the water into a whirling jet tub. He smiled up at the older man, dark eyes locking with Hiroki's gaze. "I can't wait to see the ocean with you... to see green things instead of steel and concrete for once... to just get lost for a while and not have to worry about anything but what I'll wear... or what I won't be wearing." he teased with a wink.
Oh yes, the vocalist was looking forward to this vacation very much. But before he could let Hiroki whisk him away... he'd have to get a lot of work done first.
~ ~ ~
"You like it. All the water around you and the wind whipping in your hair." He scooted just a little when the jets of water started up. He wanted those jets in just the right place on his back. "Ahhh...." Hiroki's head lulled back because it felt just too good. "Kimochi...."
His lips pulled into a smile when he thought about Katsumi running naked down the beach. Yes, that would be sweet. Hiroki of course would be laying out in the sun...in a bathing suit! He couldn't see himself running down the beach like that...naked. However, Kitten Fur...yes, naked and free. "We can go fishing...and lay out on the sand with a small fire and watch the stars a night. Mm...I suppose we both have a lot of work. So when Spring time comes, you've already something to look forward to."
Hiroki sank a little deeper in the water allowing his upper back to get sprayed. "We'll also go to a mud bath salon and get to sink into the healing warm mud. I think you really will have fun. And when we're done, a long massage with a candlelight dinner upon the beach. " He had the whole vacation planned out in theory as long as Katsumi had time for everything. "Mmm...maybe we can see the wildlife preserve too."
~ ~ ~
Katsumi laughed softly, "Fishing... the beach... a mud spa... I look forward to my first experiences of them." the bat whispered, relaxing into the water. He released Hiroki, moving to the other end of the bath so one of the jets would hit the small of his back. It really did feel wonderful. "Mmm... a wildlife preserve? Would there be bats? I'd like to see a real bat." Azriel couldn't help but giggle, leaning his head back and starring up at the bathroom ceiling. "I'm so excited for my first vacation that I can hardly wait. Patience isn't my strong suit I'm afraid but... I want things to be perfect for you and for me... and you can't rush perfection... or so I've heard."
~ ~ ~
"So...this just means you'll have to learn patience. Mmm...I'm sure you'll have plenty to do. Time will fly quickly then we can take a break together. Just the two of us." his lips breathed each word into that fuzzy hair. He really looked forward to their time alone in the future.
"Mm...I've got a new home that I'll be moving into soon. So I'll have to pack a few things and have them taken there. But I think I'll keep the other place as well. It's kind of cozy. I have to look the part of my new job. Aki gave me his estate in the will. I've always loved that house but it will be strange living there." he said thoughtfully as he realized how much his life had changed in the short time of knowing Katsumi.
So much was different now. But he had been happy...he felt happy right now. Even though, the other things still worried him deeply. Katsumi had a very dark side as well as was apparent last night. He wasn't sure what to do or say about that part of Katsumi's world but he felt the younger man truly wanted to find a better way for himself. "I love you...Katsumi." he whispered into that and kissed the top of Katsumi's head again.
~ ~ ~
"His estate..." Katsumi went really quiet then, just staring up at the ceiling for a long time.
Until...
"Is it the same house Narcissus grew up in? I mean, was he a child in that house?" in other words, the bat was curious if it were his own birthplace. After all, seeing that could bring back some memories... memories he had once wanted to get rid of... but now wanted to keep in his heart.
'I love you...Katsumi.'
Dark eyes closed and the bat sighed softly, leaning his head against the older man's shoulder. "I love it when you say my name..." he suddenly looked up at the elephant of Ohayou. "Say it again, ne?" Katsu asked with a small smile. "Onegai?"
~ ~ ~
Hiroki had to think about that question then he put things together, "Well, the house Narcissus was in as a child...it burned down. Mm...and then Aki moved from his small home, to the big estate. Narcissus built an addition on to that smaller estate after he moved there. I don't know if he was born in the house that was burned down or at the estate that he lives at now. I know that the piano he loves is there. But, I guess, that many of the things in the old house was moved to the larger estate because Akihiko would have been too young to make decisions about where everything went at that time."
Then he heard that sweet sigh and the simple request. One he was happy to grant. "I love you, Katsumi...." Leaning in he kissed Katsumi's lips, "Katsumi...Aishiteru." He held Katsumi close and whispered the words a couple more time before realizing he was becoming a prune in the water. Ah but he didn't really want to get up. Even though his fingers were starting to look very funny.
~ ~ ~
Hearing the phrase "burned down" caused Katsumi to frown. He wondered if his mother would still be alive if that house hadn't burned... wondered if she would have been happy he was still alive...
Then those words...
Those beautiful words...
His name from lips that loved...
'Katsumi' rolling off a tongue that cared...
There was a kiss then, and as soon as that kiss was broken, Azriel pressed in for another. When the bat pulled back, he was smiling up at the older man.
"Come on. There's something I want to show you." he said happily, stealing another kiss before pulling himself out of the bath and grabbing his towel. Katsumi got one for Hiroki too, then as soon as he wasn't dripping water, made a beeline for the bedroom.
He knelt beside the nightstand on his side of the bed and pulled out a box. Carefully, Katsu placed it on the now comforter-less bed and lifted the lid.
"I wanted to show these to you... Izo gave them to me. They... well they were mine when I was a boy." dark eyes flickered up to Hiroki before he handed the elephant of Ohayou the very picture of Kaori that the spider had let him keep. "I don't remember her saying those words..." lithe arms went around Hiroki's waist then. "But I'll never forget you saying them, Asato. Arigatou..." Katsumi whispered as he claimed another kiss.
~ ~ ~
Hiroki followed him out of the bathroom with the towel wrapped around his waist after he toweled his hair. He stood beside Katsumi as the younger man carefully displayed the blankie and small plush kitty. Then he gazed down at a photo. The woman looked a lot like Katsumi and Akihiko.
"She was a beautiful woman. I wish I could have met her. Years ago, I think I saw a photo or two of her at the estate. When I first started going to meet Aki to do late night secretarial work. Her face is familiar. But I more clearly remember Akihiko's father's photos. However, you both look much more like her than either of your fathers." he paused for a moment as he flipped the photo and looked at her name on the back.
"I'm glad he gave these things to you. Because I know you'll cherish them." I'm glad Izo wasn't a complete a*****e. he thought to himself then smiled as he was kissed. He didn't know what to say but it was easy to see that he was very happy right now.
~ ~ ~
"If you find any pictures at the estate, could I ask to see them? I had to ask Izo for this photo... and thankfully he gave it to me. And this..." reaching over to the nightstand, Azriel picked up the amber spider. "This will be my symbol now... musically speaking." he said, dark eyes gazing at the 'frozen bug'. "A spider trapped in a hard shell of stone. A bit poetic, I think." there was a slight smirk on Katsu's face then he set the broach clipped to a necklace down on the bed. "A tiger and a spider... I'm glad he gave me these things. It's helped me to cement the direction I want to take. Before I just sang to make him happy..." gently, Katsumi ran his fingers through Hiroki's hair before caressing the older man's cheek. "Now... I'll sing for me... and you." the bat smiled. "And you'll teach me what it is to really love... maybe I'll name a cd 'Koyubi'... ne?" he teased with a wink.
~ ~ ~
"Of course... I'll let you see them. Maybe you can come with me there one day and see the place." he said thoughtfully as he watched Katsumi pick up the amber pendant. "I wonder how much of that does reflect your father's life." It was strange for Hiroki to look upon the inner realm of the Spider. Things he'd never have thought of....dared to think of. "There is a good chance that your father has other mementos of your mother considering how intimate they must have been." Hiroki hoped that one day, Katsumi could remember more of her, however, in order to do that, he might have to remember too many other things that were too terrible to think of.
He tilted his head and felt that hand against his cheek, a smile came upon his lips just until the young star mentioned the name of that album. "Wait..." he paled and his eyebrow quirked with the embarrassment he felt, "No no! You're not naming a CD...Koyubi! I'd never be able to listen to it without thinking about you moaning like a banshee in bed. Nuuuuuuu...nuu...little kitten. I'll spank your bottom hard if you do that. Wait....mm...no. Let me rephrase that. I won't spank you at all!"
Ok that probably wouldn't stop Katsumi from calling an album Koyubi but still!!!
"I think I'd like that." Katsumi said with a smile, wondering just what the inside of an estate would look like. Izo lived in an apartment... granted it was a very lavish apartment, but it wasn't his own house. Would it have gardens and ponds? Would it look like a feudal palace or like a western mansion? And to think his Hiroki was now the owner of that estate...
Azriel considered himself lucky to have a house of his own... but now his lover was not only, from how the bat understood things, about to become the full-fledged President of music company... but would also be master of an estate. A part of the young man wondered, for the first time, if this knowledge was having an affect on the feelings he seemed to have for the elephant of Ohayou. After all, Katsu had always been attracted to power... and powerful men. Then again, the vocalist himself held quite a bit of leverage, more now that he knew from whence he came... But it still didn't stop the thought from crossing his mind in the first place.
"Other items?" the bat asked, thinking on this for a moment. "If he does... I have the feeling Izo will use those items as a means to make me work my hardest." Katsumi sighed, rolling his eyes. "As if I really need more motivation... Here I am, writing lyrics left and right. You'd think I'd get a little reward, not life changing sanity threatening news..." again he sighed, but this time the kitten smiled, claiming a kiss from the lips that were right there before his own. "Mmm... Spank or no spank, I'm definitely doing it now. I can already see the cover art." Katsumi teased, laughing softly to himself as he thought about it. "My pinky, straight up in the air, seeming to grow from a grass-less mound of earth."
(((OOC: Still working on other posts. Kind of hard to type with the middle finger of my left hand all bruised (my index finger feels okay now but that middle finger is seriously still throbbing... stupid frozen chicken). The stuff at the beginning was from the thread... edited. I'll post for Naoko, Nakai, and Koy next. Promise. Then I'll post in the thread for Nakai (oddly enough), Yuu, and Yuuji.)))
