Hakuei spoke nervously. "Yuki, what are you doing here?"

Yuki strolled towards him and ran a hand down his neck. "Could I go so long without seeing you?" He sang out and smiled like a shark swimming towards a drowning swimmer. If it had been anyone else Kaoru would have shoved him away from his lover but he could only stare in shocked silence. Grabbing onto Kozi’s arm he nearly touched bone.

Yuki looked equally shocked at the presence of the men he thought he would never see again as he stared at Kaoru and Kozi but masked it with another smile.

Yuki then turned his gaze to the two men with a preditory gleem in his eyes that made both men visibly shiver. He smiled and then spoke to the maid. "Akimi, show me to my usual room. I’ll be staying a couple of days."

Hakuei watched the familiar backside disappear up the stairs and heard the harsh breathing beside him. Taizo was trying to comfort Kozi, but being unfamiliar with humans for so long he didn’t know how. With his forehead furrowed he rubbed the tanned arm beside him.

"Kaoru?" Hakuei walked to him and hugged him. "What’s wrong?" He of course had a reason to mourn the presence of the alarming man but why would Kaoru?

"Nothing!" He said a little too quickly. "I am just so shocked to see my older brother." He smiled at him weakly. "Let’s show them where to stay, ne?"

It was nearly midnight and Kaoru was sitting up in bed with Hakuei’s face resting on his lap and his arms curled around his legs like he were a pillow breathing loudly in his sleep. Kaoru was shaking so badly he gave up on trying to stroke his lover’s hair without waking him.

The winding clock beside the bed said 3:00 am. It had taken that long to get Hakuei to stop questioning him about what was wrong. Hakuei had positioned himself over Kaoru where he pinned him on the bed and wouldn’t let him up until he told him. Finally he gave in and lied, telling him it was merely the way Yuki had touched his neck so sexually. Honestly, it did bother Kaoru that he had done that, but that didn’t nearly compare with what really bothered Kaoru.

Had Yuki and Hakuei slept together? He frowned.

The door started to creak open and he froze as the tanned form, dressed in a silk dressing robe step into the room. Yuki froze in shock at seeing Kaoru so intimately curled up with Hakuei. So he had gotten away and found a lover, had he?

"Well, well." He said bitterly and stepped into the room. He was speaking kind of loud and Kaoru looked quickly down at Hakuei.

Yuki smirked. "Shall we talk in the hall then?"

Kaoru shuttered as Yuki stared him down. He kept his head bowed with his eyes on his feet as he felt hot breath on his neck.

"I must say I was extremely surprised to see you." He leaned in close whispered harshly in the closest ear. "Were you so stupid as to not realize no one can ever escape from me, ever?"

Jerking, Kaoru tried to rush away from him but Yuki was faster. The back of his hand connected with Kaoru’s jaw, knocking him to the ground. When he tried to get back up the slippered foot knocked him back over and kept him there with the sole pressed over his windpipe. He twisted trying to get away, gasping for air.

"Stay down, slave." He hissed out. "You deserve to be on the floor."

Kaoru managed to gasp out a sentence. "Then so should you…"

With a gasp Yuki stepped back.