11 - Observe

And Asami walked fast to his room (only three doors apart from him) and he took his shower fast. They had the same floor so he could rush into Ichinose if something happened. After forty-five minutes, Ichinose heard Asami's voice outside his room then he heard a soft knocking on his door.

"It's me, Asami… Are you sleeping Ichinose?" Asami wandered in front of Ichinose's door.

"Come in, it's open…" Ichinose replied, informing him that he could enter anytime.

Then Asami opened the door and saw him sitting in the same spot as where he left him earlier. Asami's worried face that he might get bored. So, he asked...

"Do you have anything you need or want to do before I leave?" Asami said softly...

"Nope, I don't need anything at this moment and thank you, I'm okay here." He smiled at the same time.

Inevitably, Asami's face was filled with sadness and anxiety. But he must leave, and his grandfather is already waiting for him. He touched Ichinose's face and kissed his forehead saying that ...

"I'm already running late to my grandfather's house." while staring into Ichinose's eyes and conveying he doesn't want to leave.

Ichinose took Asami's hand to her face and he answered...

"You must go… Didn't you say it's an urgent matter?" He also looked at Asami's eyes even though he was embarrassed. Letting him know that he could not leave the house.

Then Asami decided to leave because today is an especially important day. Asami even left him a few words before leaving the room.

"Call Amelia and Paige if you need something or even to help you stand up." Asami's worried face before he goes.

"Yes... of course, I will..." he didn't continue to say it and waved his hand to say goodbye.

Asami rushed in and straight to his car, hearing the car engine that sounded like he was in a hurry. Ichinose let out a big sigh and his thoughts are all over the places to think of master Asami, second the man Asami met in the hospital and the least is himself that is so confused what to do.

Gradually Asami's treatment for him changed differently and he already feels that there was no longer 'Master and Servant' treatment. He felt excessive happiness but he should think more rationally and carefully about these feelings.

Ichinose thought throughout the day that he needs to settle their misunderstanding. He must come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of their relationship with that guy.

It was past midnight when Asami got home and was a bit drunk. He blew his horn to let them know he arrived at the front gate and then he parked his car inside. Most of the maids are already sleeping so only Aisha and Amelia are still awake waiting for him to come home.

As he entered the front door and handed over his belongings to them. He looked up to where Ichinose's room was. And he spoke ...

"Is Ichinose still awake?" he asked Aisha and Amelia.

"Yes, Sir. He's still awake and was on the balcony looking at the gate earlier." Aisha replied.

Asami just nodded when he heard the maid say. And walk to the stairs to go to the second floor. He knocked on Ichinose's door, but no one answered. So, he just went to the balcony to see and talk to him. But when arrive at the balcony entrance he overheard him talking to someone on the phone and became upset while smoking.

"It's already been six months since we stopped communicating and we've been over for more than a year. There's no reason for me to stay connected with you." Ichinose added and his mouth looked like an exhaust pipe from the smoke controlling his temper.

"I never agreed with you in the first place and you just left me, when I came back from work you are already gone then you can call that we are done!" said the guy on the other line of the phone.

"Or maybe he was your new boyfriend that's why you got some guts to tell me that? Since when do you have the confidence to tell me that, huh Ichi?" the guy added with the sound of threatening him.

"And if you can, please don't bring up my employer because he has nothing to do with this. He is my boss and I am just an employee that he hired. Why do you have to mention him in our conversation?" Ichinose was extremely aggravated while he was talking to him. And he paused on talking while exhaling some smoke constantly and lit another one.

Asami was unable to approach and he stopped in front of the door as Ichinose unnoticed him standing. Asami couldn't do anything but listen and just watched Ichinose talking on the phone while getting exasperated.

"I see. I've never seen you like that Ichi. Sounds nice defending him to me but tell me and honestly I wanted to know. Do you love him? Do you really love him more than me? Is that why you're acting like that and talking back to me like you can get away from me?" The guy sounds furious and his face turns dark.

He spoke with sadness on his face.... "Why do you really want to know? What will you do…" and paused as he took another puff of cigarette also starting to tremble because the guy on the other line sounded like something really ominous was going to happen.

"Yes, I do love him." Ichinose's face filled with unhappiness and it could not be hidden that he was about to cry.

"Yes, I loved him more than you and even now I'm still in love with him for more than 7 years..." he added as he tries to hold back his tears as he admits and shakes from the thought of Asami will get in trouble because he admitted to the other guy.

"...." the guy on the other line didn't speak as he heard Ichinose's sobbing in a low voice then he smirked as he knew how to make him cry even little things.

Thinking of giving Ichinose a little warning he starts to cry and that's why he was cute not to mention when he forced himself on him too. He keeps listening to Ichinose's weeping sounds and he enjoy it the most.

Ichinose tears overflowing in his eyes were already dripping as he suppressed them. Before he began to interact with other guys, Asami was the first one he loved the most, he felt all the pain and sadness he had been bottling up to now just to alleviate all the pain. He tried to control his voice not to make any sounds as it was really late at night and he told the person on the other line because of that he was really scared of him...

"You know I love you but we're over. So, I'm just begging you to don't show yourself and never to call me ever again, please." he summoned all his courage to say that and waited for a few seconds then hung up his phone.

"Please, oh Lord, I hope he won't do anything to master Asami." while the tears keep falling on his cheeks and his hand clasps closed to his chest.

Asami realized that something was wrong, that it felt like something was pinching in his heart that he couldn't explain, and was shocked and stunned by what he discovered. Asami wondered who Ichinose loved for 7 year? Asami's face darkened from something that made him infuriated.

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To be continued...