5 Chapter 5

For a week, Asami stayed at home and refused to leave while Dr Mashiro continued Akihito's treatment. Akihito didn't do much between sleeping and waking up for a bite or two. The alpha was worried when the omega slipped into a coma for two days after Dr Mashiro administered the prototype counterdrug.

The blond was mumbling and delirious with a high fever during those two days so Asami abandoned all his work to stay by his omega's side. Kirishima saw how affected his boss was and took it upon himself to oversee Sion's operation with Suoh.

Dr Mashiro assured the crime lord that the fever was a side effect and once it passes, the omega would recover without a hitch. However, Asami was unapproachable for those two days. He refused to move from the bedside unless it was to bring food for his omega. Although they were not bonded yet, the instincts were driving Asami crazy. His inner alpha wanted nothing more than to take his mate into his arms and protect him from the world.

The rational part of Asami thought over it. The photographer was practically a stranger to him. How was it that he felt so willing to entrust the kid with his life? It frightened the mafia boss and he knew this wasn't something that could be settled using power. Normally, putting a bullet between someone's eyes would resolve everything but this was his fated mate that Asami was talking about. Killing Akihito would be the same as killing himself.

This drove him mad.

Asami sighed. After the coma scare, Akihito constantly drifted in and out of sleep, the counterdrug that Dr Mashiro administered had a drowsy effect. After several blood tests to ensure that the dryg did not have any other side effects on the photographer, Dr Mashiro declared that it was a success. However, cautioned Asami about the possibilities of other slow acting side effects before he left.

Asami finally got to settling some urgent work after Akihito was out of the woods. The doctor mentioned that Akihito would be able to bear children but with difficulty because his hormones were affected by the long-term use of that cheap drug. It would take several years for Akihito's body to recover properly and become fertile again.

Asami didn't care about that. Sion was an empire built by him and he had no intention of passing it to anyone else. Having an heir didn't bother him too much. In the event that he passes, Kirishima and Suoh would inherit Sion. A few other businesses were to go to Feilong and the rest to charity.

What concerned Asami most was how the young man will react to finding out that they were fated mates. While he wasn't against taking the boy as his lifelong partner, Akihito wasn't one who to be bound to anyone willingly. From the report, Takaba Akihito was quite the free spirit with a nose for trouble. The kingpin chuckled a little as he read the report from Kirishima.

Name: Takaba Akihito

Gender: Male, Omega

Race: Russian-Japanese

Kin: Takaba Akira (Father, deceased), Tanya Pavlov (Mother, deceased)

Other Information:

Ran away from an orphanage in Kanagawa. Adopted by the Takato family at age 14. Awakened as an omega at 16. Studied at Tokyo Gakuen for a year before dropping out after a year. Reason unknown. Refused to join any omega societies and worked illegally under an alias "Aki" ever since. Lives with his friends Kou and Takato before moving out to a rented 1ldk in Minato. Has some dealings with minor yakuza clans and several publishing companies. Recently secured a job as "T.A." with the help of police chief Yamazaki.

Asami read the report twice before lighting a cigarette. The photographer lived alone and apart from his two friends, didn't have anyone else looking out for him. While Asami was aware about those minor yakuza clans, he'd never interfered with them previously. They knew well enough not to mess with Asami so he left them alone. Now that he had a mate, things were different.

The kingpin made a list of things that needed to be done before emailing it over to Kirishima. With such a reckless mate, it was only right that he tightened the control over his territory.

The photographer was still sleeping and Asami took this chance to run his fingers through the soft blond hair. He didn't believe in love but this came close. Everything new that he learnt about this young man made him interested to know more. It was as if he was addicted and Asami couldn't stop it.

He vaguely wondered how the young man would react once he was well enough. After all, Kirishima just texted him that the lease has been cancelled and the movers were ready to bring everything in tomorrow.

If he couldn't win the young man over, he'll simply bind him to where he would always be seen.