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Because of the excessive amount of blood Kaito drew, Akihito had fainted from blood loss and felt sick to the stomach. After being woken by the ruckus of people talking and shouting, he was barely able to open his eyes enough to recognize the outline of Asami. The moment his eyes adjusted and he spotted the man, Akihito put all his power into calling the man’s name.
“A-Asami?”
Akihito’s voice came out raspy, making his throat hurt. Although he was on the verge of losing his voice, Asami had clearly heard Akihito's call. The man turned his head towards where Akihito lay, letting Akihito see what Asami was doing. Asami was holding a gun on his right hand, pointing towards Kaito who was shielding Momo.
Confused, Akihito forced his voice once again,“A-sami?”
Upon trying to move towards the man, a surge of pain hit Akihito making him yelp in pain. At Akihito’s yelp, Asami ignored the two in front of him and rushed towards his kitten. Feeling the warm grasp of Asami’s hands on his skin, Akihito relaxed, leaning in the man’s chest. Knowing he lost a great amount of blood, Akihito knew he didn’t have much time until he would pass out of blood loss.
“Asami...She’s s-sick.”
Akihito’s hands clenched on Asami shirt as the man pulled the boy closer into his chest. Ignoring the pain he felt through his arms Akihito forced Asami to look at him in the eyes.
“Asami! She. Needs. Help... Please.”
Suddenly Akihito felt tears form in his eyes. His heart hurt and he didn’t know why. His head hurt and his eyes burned as more and more tears fell. Deep down, he knew that this man would never use Akihito for his own good. He knew the man before him had a heart even though many people couldn’t see it. He knew that even though if he died, Asami would grant this one wish he wanted. Akihito knew the pain of feeling helpless. Feeling that no one else could know how you felt. The feeling of not even being alive when you really were.
Momo had a life. She had people in her life. And they didn't want her to go. Akihito could see how Kaito felt towards Momo and he knew Momo was not alone.
“Asami.”
Akihito once again looked deeply into Asami’s golden eyes. Determination and tears in his eyes.
~~~
When he heard Akihito’s voice echo through the church, Asami couldn’t help but give a sigh of relief. His boy was alive. Asami rushed cautiously towards his kitten still having the two at gunpoint. Making sure to not keep his eyes off them, Asami felt Akihito’s skin and his wall crumbled. He quickly pulled the bloodied boy into his arms feeling the boy’s slow heartbeat.
“Asami... She’s s-sick.”
Noticing that the boy had lost too much blood, Asami quickly ripped part of his shirt to cover some of the cuts that decorated Akihito’s skin. Only then did Asami actually get a closer look at the state Akihito was in.
His kitten’s furry ears and tail was covered in dried blood and dirt. The boy’s beautiful white skin was too white. He was pale as a sheet and his eyes held a small spark that made Asami’s blood boil. He had cuts all over his arms and bruises on parts of his body.
Rage consumed him. Before he knew it, he had brought up the gun in his hand and pointed it straight ahead to the man that shielded the girl.
However, before Asami had the chance to pull the trigger, Akihito hand yanked the man’s head only inches from his own.
“Asami! She. Needs. Help... Please.”
Before Asami could question Akihito’s pity towards the girl, he was again caught by surprised by the spark in the boy’s eyes. His gaze didn't waver when making eye contact with Asami. They held firm with determination giving the answer to Asami without words.
As Asami slowly lowered his gun, Akihito finally relaxed back into Asami´s embrace.
¨Yoh.¨
The man by the entrance moves from his post and walks towards Asami. Both Momo and Kaito looked half confused and shocked.
¨Asami-sama.¨
“Go back to Fei Long and make sure nothing gets out about Akihito being a hybrid.”
“Yes, Asami-sama.”
After Yoh bowed and left, Asami went to checking on Akihito’s injuries. A few seconds of Akihito struggling and arguing that he was fine, Asami then looked up back towards Kaito and Momo who stayed where they were.
“My men will make sure you get to Fei Long’s kingdom safely. Over there, they may be more help in curing your sickness.“
Relief washed over their faces of hearing the news. Momo burst into tears of happiness while mumbling her gratitude at Asami. Once some of Asami’s men were in front of the church with horses to carry them back to the castle, Asami swiftly scooped up a protesting Akihito and proceeded back to their home.
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Two weeks passed since the Komadori incident. Now Akihito lay, bored and hungry, on the white fluffy bed. After Asami had carried him all the way to his room, he had bandaged all of Akihito’s cuts and prepared to make a mess out of him. Just remembering about it made Akihito’s head explode out of embarrassment.
“Ughhh…”
Akihito rolled onto his back looking up to the ceiling of the master bedroom. There he saw the soft painted ceiling of an image of the vast greenery of the forest. Just staring at it made Akihito heart ache. He missed the forest. Although Asami made is really clear that the castle was now his home, Akihito still felt a small pull to go back to the forest.
Akihito, still in his thoughts, gave out a long sigh. It was four hours since Asami left to a council meeting. Akihito had been told to stay inside the room until they were done. Although by now, Akihito would have already escaped and exploring the rest of the kingdom, Asami kept tight security around his room, making sure Akihito could not step out without being unnoticed.
Almost at his limit, Akihito got up and bounced off the bed towards the window. Upon opening the window and breathing in the fresh air, Akihito gathered his breath and shouted.
“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!”
“You okay there kitten?”
Startled by the familiar deep chuckle behind him, Akihito quickly turned around meeting face to face with the man who left him there.
“Asami!”
Akihito’s ears and tail shot up in alert as he eyed the man walking through the room.
After a moment of silent glaring to one another, Akihito’s stomach suddenly let out a big growl surprising the blonde. Turning light pink because of his embarrassing stomach's call, Akihito quickly grabbed his stomach as if trying to cover the growl of his hunger.
‘Damn it stomach! I was having a moment of finally winning against Asami!’
Pouting his way out of embarrassment, Akihito let out a small “hmph” of defeat. That was when Asami turned around and opened the door for them both.
“You must be hungry. Let’s go out for a change.”
Akihito’s hears shot up in excitement at the mention of finally going out, but shot back down as he noticed the smirk at the corner of Asami’s mouth.
“Hmph! FINALLY I get some fresh air.”
Akihito stomped his way out the door as he let his nose guide him out towards the food out in the kingdom.