AN: I am working on so many things at the same time it is not even funny, this is possibly a three-shot or maybe just a two-shot I was thinking about this morning as I helped my husband sell hotdogs at a stand for Masonic Charities for his lodge. It is short but oh well… I will be posting a new chapter for "Ride the Wind," "Wildlife Archives" and "When the Unexpected Happens" sometime soon. I just keep getting distracted by the ten other ideas I got going. I even have a late (ridiculously so) Valentine's Day and a Mother's Day fic that I totally forgot about and haven't finished, I hope to post those soon too. Pease forgive my grammar/spelling and as usual I do not own Finder Series.
Secret Admirer
He was pissed at Asami for once again, having to give up a scoop because it was somehow connected to the man. It was the second time that month he had to back off from a major job to protect the peace they had reached by silent agreement of not meddling into each other's affairs when it came to work. However, it still pissed him off when his work lead to the man and he had to give it all up, his wallet was once again empty and there was only a one hundred yen bill and a few coins in his pockets. He was sleeping at Kou's today, drinking away his annoyance regardless of Asami liking it or not.
It was the middle of the night and Takato had just left, they were sitting in Kou's living room dinking beers and catching up on each other's life. At some point the conversation shifted to personal relationships and the blonde wondered briefly why his friend has not dated anyone since high school, before going on a long tirade about how the 'rich lady' he is dating is so controlling and overprotective its driving him insane.
"And on top of that it's even affecting my job!" he shouted in exasperation
His friend gave him all the support expected from a friend and threw the occasional 'maybe you should break up' in the midst of his complaints.
"You should find someone who understands you, cares about you and how you feel, your ideals and your goals but ultimately someone who wants to make you happy." He had said, hoping Akihito would see the light and leave the complicated relationship. "Think about it, you are from such different worlds and you have not even introduced this person to us, if you can't introduce this person to the people you love and care about the most, then that right there should tell you something. I don't think you are ashamed of this person but something is preventing you from making this 'relationship' formal and commit to it. Isn't that a red flag, telling you that perhaps this will not work out and you should move on to someone you at least have stuff in common with?"
Akihito looked at his friend with eyes wide open, he couldn't even imagine his life without Asami. Even though whatever they had between them could not be made public for safety sake and for the sake of Akihito keeping his job, he just couldn't leave the man. Asami Ryuichi had carved his existence not just into Akihito's body, but his heart and soul as well.
He knew Asami doesn't show affection in the way other people did to their significant other, but the man showed he cared in his own way. Though they liked to play cat and mouse and Takaba pretended for the sake of their game not to want the attention the other man gave him, truth be told, he wouldn't have it any other way. He loved the bastard and was almost certain the bastard loved him, even if the words were not said between them. It did not matter that they had to be kept secret from everyone he cared about if it kept them safe, it did not matter he could never bring Asami to meet his parents and introduce him as what he was, the man he loved, all that mattered is that they loved each other. Right?
Kou wouldn't understand the complexities of the situation and to make him understand, he had to explain that he was more then comfortable to end the topic of conversation.
"We may not have much in common, and whatever we have may not be out in the open but I am fine with that. It doesn't bother me." 'It doesn't, it really doesn't. It's not like I wish I could introduce the bastard to people, that is simply preposterous, right?' "Anyway, what about you Kou? When are you getting yourself a girlfriend? You can't always stay single you know."
"Well, I actually have someone I like, have liked for a long time now. It's just hard to find the moment to tell her, and I just don't know what the reaction will be if I confess. We are friends and all and I just don't want to ruin that. I'd rather have her around as a friend than not at all."
"That is so lame dude! Just go with it and throw your heart out there, you're a great guy and that girl would be stupid to let you slip through her fingers. Just go for it and see where it goes, you might be surprised and find that all this time, she's liked you too."
"You think so? I think she might be in a relationship, so I don't know if I should."
"What do you mean 'she might be in a relationship' is she, or is she not?"
"Well, that's the thing, I don't know. She has never called it such or referred to the other person under any label that would indicate anything serious so I'm just confused as to what's going on."
"Then perhaps they're not serious at all, and it's something to pass time and not be lonely, hell I don't now Kou, it could be a million things but you'll never know until you do something."
"I guess you're right then, maybe I'll ask her out."
They continued to drink and converse while playing a videogame, eventually going to bed just before sunrise. The next day, Akihito stayed at Kou's again just for good measure and went home the following one because he received a text indicating a car will be waiting for him outside his friend's apartment in five minutes and he'd better be in it.
That night, after hours of being fucked into every surface of the penthouse, supposedly to make up for two days of neglecting his 'duties', Akihito was engrossed in a text conversation with Feilong. Asami had just left to finish whatever business Kirishima called him about, and the Chinese had conveniently texted when he needed someone to complain about Asami to.
The texts eventually got tiring and Akihito set up a video call so they could have a better conversation. It began as a tirade from the blonde while the Chinese laughed and snickered about his predicament and morphed into a conversation about all kinds of things –from both sides – they talked for hours about things from work to personal life, to those things you only tell your closest friends. At one point Tao got into the conversations when he came to bring Feilong some tea, they exchanged recipes and stories but the child was eventually told to go to bed. Anyone who did not know the circumstances of their meeting would have guessed the blonde Japanese and the long haired Chinese were long time friends.
When the video call ended somewhere around two in the morning, Akihito found it futile to go to bed only to be awakened by Asami's libido in one hour, so he stayed in the living room watching TV. After the golden eyed man arrived home, his hours were filled by rough sex and more rough sex then –finally- sleep.
Asami left early in the morning and Akihito woke up to an empty bed, he had agreed to fill in for a friend at a photo-shoot for a magazine around nine that day and wanted to be there early to acquaintance himself with the environment and the models and set the equipment.
He was exiting the elevator on the lobby when the concierge caught his attention.
"You are Takaba-san right?"
"Um, yes. Is there something you need?"
"No, it's just… this was dropped for you here a few minutes ago, I was told not to deliver unmarked mail or packages to the suite you live at when I first began this job and since it has no note or sender's name, I just kept it down here until I could ask you what to do with it."
"What is it?" asked Takaba getting closer to the front desk.
The concierge gave him a heart shaped box and he opened it to find it filled with all kinds of chocolate.
"It came along with this" said the man as he pushed a bouquet of red roses toward the confused youth. "This one does have a note though it does not say the sender." The poor man was blushing as he handed the card to Akihito, and after reading the card he blushed as well before an expression of worry set on his face. 'Who the hell would send me this? It must be one of Asami's sick jokes… no one else knows I live here."
'I have loved you from afar, and seeing your smile brightens my days. I have hopes of one day making you mine so I may see you smile just for me every day of my life. Until then I will continue to watch you and love you as a secret admirer.'
He took the chocolates and flowers back to the penthouse and put them in his dark room. Even if it was a joke he had received flowers from Asami, and they were for his enjoyment only. On his way out he told the man not to tell anyone he had received the gifts, he didn't want Asami to know he was hiding them away in his private workroom as if they were a treasure. Akihito went to work and spent the rest of the day smiling happily to himself, he had received roses today and it just showed the bastard cared. There was no way the gifts had come from someone other than Asami and he was oh so happy about it.