krystalkatzficz | A detective named Kazunari Ninomiya (Reply)

“Ssh…There is somebody on the next floor…” Kazunari whispered impishly holding a finger to his mouth and Satoshi chuckled at the youthful enjoyment that he saw deep in the brown eyes. The shadows of repeated drug use over the course of two years were still there, as was the deep set loneliness that he felt sure only he ever saw, but at this moment he looked like the child he had been when they were sneaking around their school room dormitories. Satoshi too felt the rush of excitement that came only from being near Kazunari. He had been a reserved, painfully quiet, creature when he had been a boy but Kazunari had coaxed him out of that. Who would have thought that theirs would be a friendship that would survive and become much more?

“Do you think of us at school Kazunari? I know that you erase all of that which you find to be non-useful and unimportant…”

“My time with you is neither of those…” Kazunari whispered his eyes on the secondary landing his head cocked to one side listening for moment from above. Clearly not hearing anything he motioned for him to follow and Satoshi did as he was bid though his heart was blossoming with the deepest love and gratitude for what his lover had said. Kazunari continued to look thoughtful as he carefully guided them around loose floorboards preventing even the smallest of squeaks “I remember each and every moment of our time together…I admit that during our…Separation I may have placed those memories into a room for safe keeping but I would never let them go…My brother would say that that was my weakness…And in his mind he would be right…You are my greatest weakness…”

“…I apologise…” Satoshi hummed as they finally reached the safety of his bedroom and locked the door behind them. He watched as Kazunari’s body sagged a little relaxing into a posture that he never allowed the world to see. His face became vulnerable and his eyes almost nervous as he took up a seat beside the fire his hand immediately filled with his pipe and matches. He lit it for a moment as Satoshi took out a thin cigarette of his own lighting it with the same flame as that of his love. Kazunari sat quietly, so quietly that it appeared for a moment he had once again entered his mind palace, and Satoshi almost felt the need to prompt him to speak. He was about to do so when Kazunari let out a sigh sounding almost completely human as he whispered;

“…Being with me…It will be dangerous…I know that Sho is making his mark on the world with the drivel of his Strand tripe…”

“You fear for my safety? Being with any man is a risk Kazunari, if we are caught I will be hung…” Satoshi declared wondering at the intelligence of being here alone together while an inspector of Scotland yard was sitting in his sitting room but he had never been able to resist Kazunari and that wasn’t about to stop now.

“We…” Kazunari corrected him and Satoshi shook his head with a smile whispering;

“You think that your brother would not secure your release?”

“If that were the case he would have to secure yours too…I can live without you, Satoshi, of a fashion at least…But I could not be in a world without in it somewhere…” Kazunari told him and Satoshi smiled throwing his cigarette into the fire and kneeling before his love.

“I think that is the most romantic thing you have ever said to me, Kazunari…Tell me what I did to earn it and I will do it again…”

“I would rather you didn’t, I couldn’t stand the thought of you having another son…Even with my name…Now take me to bed…”

TBC
A/N: I hope that this hasn’t drifted into cheesy romance I swear the mystery is still going on…But Kazunari got all romantic after having the child named after him ^_^