The next afternoon, after I woke up from my short morning nap, I turned to see Akio looking right at me. He was sound asleep too, his hair falling over his eyes as his mouth was parted slightly. I leaned over to him as I pressed my lips to his and kissed him. He sighed softly as his eyes opened slowly. He looked up at me as he said,

"Hey Baby-chu."

"Hi. Sleep well?"

"Hai."

He picked up his head, his hair falling back in place as he said,

"What time is it?"

He picked up his coat that he threw on the floor after we got back from our shift last night as he took out his cell phone and looked at it and said,

"Shit...either we're late or we don't have a job today."

We both got up as he called Toki to find out what was going on. As I started getting my things ready to go shower, Akio found out Jia just went to meet some of Kenimin's associates and didn't need everyone to come with him. Only Aoki and Toki went. After Akio told me, he hung up and said,

"No work for us unless Tai is planning something."

"Oh...okay."

I sat down in my still made bed as I yawned and said,

"So...can we go back to sleep?"

Akio leaned over me, putting his arm around me as we laid down, his weight resting comfortably over me as I felt his legs on the mattress as he got on, straddling me. I smiled as he said,

"We can't."

"Why?"

"Gotta look for an apartment remember?"

"Man...nine empty apartments in Hong Kong? You think that's gonna happen?"

"Hey, we can look. If anything we'll do what Takeo did and buy a real shitty one and just fix it up."

"Oh that's what he did."

"Yeah. It's cheap and it's got a lot of room."

I sighed as I hugged him around his waist, pulling him close as I said,

"We should stay in. Let's do it later."

"Baby-chu...if we stay in, everyone's gonna know."

"Oh....maybe we should go though."

He nodded as he said,

"We gotta shower though."

I nodded as he then kissed me and said,

"I'll bathe you."

I blushed as I said,

"Um..."

"I can control myself."

"I'm not worried about you."

He laughed slightly as he said,

"I promise I won't let you get carried away."

I nodded as he got up, taking my hand with him as we went to the bathroom. He locked the door behind him as he came up to me, hugging me close as he kissed me again. I melted against his embrace, feeling myself back up against the shower door. The cold glass touched against my back, going through my shirt contrasting to the warmth of Akio's body. His tongue filled my mouth as I responded loving how he kissed, leaving me breathless and dazed. When he pulled back, his fingers slowly unbuttoned my shirt, opening it as he took if off my shoulders. I watched him open the shower door and turn on the shower before he came back to me, his arms around my hips as he said,

"Better take those off."

He tugged at the brim of my pants as I shyly went to unbutton them as he kissed me again, his fingers helping me along the way. Once they were open, he knelt down as he slid them down my legs, notioning me to pick up one foot then the other. He then stood up, his hands running up the back of my legs, past my calves, the back of my knees, the back of my thighs all the way up. He then kissed my neck and said,

"Hurry up, the water is gonna get cold."

His fingers got inside my boxers as he pulled them down.

I blushed furiously, my face feeling hot and I was so sure I was bright red. Akio looked up at me as he smiled and said,

"What are you blushing at? I thought you lost all ability to be shy in front of me."

"It was gone until I ended up ass naked in front of you."

He laughed as I took off my boxers and he nudged me, telling me to get in the shower. I stepped in, washing under the water, soaking my hair as I let the water me get me wet. A few moments later, the shower door opened as Akio stepped in, but he had his boxers on. He held me close from behind for a moment, his arms around my waist as the both of us got soaked under the stream of water. I felt him kiss my neck, his hands pressed against my stomach as I tried to take a shower like I normally would but I couldn't. It was very distracting. I felt him press up behind me, knowing a thin layer of material was all that was keeping me from fucking up. He kissed my cheek softly as his fingers pulled back the now wet strands of hair as he said,

"Give me the soap."

"There's no wash cloth."

"Don't need it."

I smiled slightly as I gave him the cream colored bar of soap and watched as he lathered it in front of me since his arms were still around my waist. Once the bubbles overflowed and his hands were filled with soap, he touched me again. He was feeling me up at the same time as he soaped me up, my hands pressing against the tiles and the fogged up glass door as I softly moaned every single time he touched me. He enjoyed doing it to me, I could tell by the small laughs he gave, the soft kisses he would leave on my shoulders or neck each time he moved around. I had never felt anything like that before in my life. Just the sensations of his hands sliding across my skin, the feel of his body so close to mine...I could almost die. Once he was done, he washed my hair for me before rinsing me off, his fingers sliding around everywhere on my body, making me moan again. I wanted to just forget everything, to be pleasured to have Akio just fuck the hell out of me...but I couldn't. Something kept holding me back. My legs were shaking so much through the whole shower I thought I would actually fall at one point, but Akio was behind me, holding me up the whole time. When I was clean and now soaked, aroused and shaking, the water started going cold. Akio told me to turn it off as he kissed my cheek and opened the shower door as he stepped out, his wet black silk boxers clinging to him the whole way there. I shook slightly still, chills running up and down my body as I tried relax. I had a hardon and standing there was not making it any better. I tried to take deep breaths and make it stop. I froze when I heard Akio asking me if I was coming out of the shower any time soon. I pressed my hand against the glass door that was fogged still as I said,

"Uh...yeah...one minute."

Instead the door opened and I almost fell out as Akio caught me, a warm towel in hand as he said,

"I know you're hard Baby-chu. I made you that way."

He smirked as he pat the towel against my face and I said,

"My legs are shaking."

"You that excited?"

I nodded as he brushed the towel into my hair. He then put the towel around my waist as he said,

"Let's go do something about that then."

I got out of the shower as we went back to our room.

I ended up getting head again. Which was not bad at all. A lot more comfortable wearing just a towel too. Afterwards, I finally got dressed and got out of there with him. The both of us went around Hong Kong looking for an apartment. It was as hard as I thought since the city was over crowded enough as it is. I sighed, in the mid afternoon, the heat blazing as I took off my top shirt, leaving my wife beater underneath as I said,

"It's so hot."

Akio nodded as he lit a cigarette and said,

"Ne, I wish I could find a damn apartment already."

"Wanna hit the slums?"

"Yeah...bound to be some places there man. Besides, the places in high society would charge you too much for one of their ritzy apartments."

We arrived at the slums sometime later that afternoon. We had a hard time communicating but money made all the sense in the world. Once we got a point across that we wanted to buy an apartment, the middle aged man showed us around. The apartments sucked but the room was perfect. With a lot of work, this place could be as beautiful as Takeo's. Akio then pushed up his sunglasses as he pulled out his cell phone and called Jia. As we paid the man, I heard Akio saying,

"Iie, a place in the slums. Yeah we're gonna fix it up which is almost like paying rent for a high cost place....nah Baby-chu got his own."

He looked at me as I smiled slightly, since I bought the place right beside him. Akio sighed some papers after I gave him the pen and he then hung up with Jia. The two of us went to buy lunch right afterwards.

I was tired and I felt really weak for some reason. Akio had to catch me twice since I was so tired. I wasn't doing it on purpose, my knees just going out on me and I kept wobbling, almost falling over before Akio caught me. After I almost fell out stepping off a subway car, Akio said,

"Okay, we're going back to the hotel. You've been falling all over Victoria."

"It's not my fault. I feel really weak."

He kissed my cheek as he said,

"I had no idea I had that effect on you Baby-chu."

I felt my face get warm as we decided to head back to the hotel. Once there, Jia was in the middle of a celebration. He had Toki sitting beside him, three girls sitting around both of them, mostly on Jia as two sat on the floor, leaning their heads on Jia's knees. The other girl sat beside Jia, stroking his hair. Jia looked like a true yakuza, having a cigarette as he allowed all of us in his room.

"Things are done here in Hong Kong. With that good news, we'll be leaving here in a few days. I heard some of you found some apartments right?"

A few of us nodded, as Jia then said,

"Okay then...time for a celebration ne?"

We all clapped as we went to our well deserved break. I ended up sitting in a hotel ballroom with everyone, watching as Toki and Aoki went at their drinking game again. Aoki wasn't quick to give up this time and drank almost everything Toki did. I was watching the both of them with Akio behind me as Aya and Jun were cheering Aoki on, the crowd once again gathering around the table covered in bottles. Once Aoki finished his glass, he slammed it down as Toki took his drink. I was almost in awe of the both of them that could drink so much so quickly and still be sitting up. Akio later let me know that Toki was completely drunk. You could tell be the glassed over look in his drooping eyes. You couldn't tell with Aoki since he had sunglasses on. We watched them all as some girls were by other tables talking to everyone else from the 36 Moons and the Black Hand as we drank and laughed. From now and then, I watched as a couple of the yakuza left to the bathroom with one of the girls and come back alone and take another girl to their side. Even Jia. The now married man was flirting with any female beside him that was pretty enough to catch his attention. Once he got up and took them to the bathroom and came back, he ignored her and talked to another one. Toki, who wasn't found of Asian women, was by Mikkie's side, talking to him as his fingers played in his hair. They looked cute together, Toki looked so....different. Unlike any one of his victims, who all looked like Toki was stalking them down to eat them raw, he looked at Mikkie like...he was content. Like he was happy. I had to wonder for a moment though....Toki always looks happy when he's with Jia..but Jia always looks like he appreciates Toki's company more then anyone else's. But Toki looked more content with Mikkie then he did with Jia. They all said I love you to each other...but then did things to hurt each other. Jia and Toki were constantly coming to blows over something and Jia would fall apart and only be happy when Toki came back around. Toki was always the same, he didn't care who he hurt and he was fluttering between Jia and Mikkie.

I myself shouldn't talk. I kept saying I loved Miya, but I was constantly basking in the glow of Akio like he was something of mine. I knew damn well what Akio was....they call him the Playboy for God's sake. Akio wouldn't be mine and just mine alone. He wouldn't wait for me when I came home. He wouldn't hug me and appreciate me being there at night. He wouldn't always want to be with me and just me...he would never be content. Because he wasn't Miya. And even though Akio would always be one of my biggest temptations, Miya would always be there. And he would always love me....Akio wouldn't always love me...hell he doesn't even love me. Miya does. I should stop screwing up like I've been doing lately. Everything was fine for a while....but that wouldn't take back all the things I already did and then things I did today. I laid in my bed that early morning with Akio beside me, he was falling asleep and he was kind of drunk. He had fucked about four different girls that night and had a lot to drink at the same time. He also went through the new pack of cigarettes he just bought. Me on the other hand had almost more to drink then usual but I started getting dizzy so I stopped while I was ahead and I smoked through my own cigarettes. I messed around with some girls, just feeling them up and making them giggle before I sent them away. I should keep my promises to Miya...I should make him happy. I should stop being so damn greedy and taking after my father so much.

The next morning, as we were getting ready to go, Akio and I were talking as we packed our bags. I sighed, then yawned from lack of sleep as I said,

"Damn I'm so tired."

"I know me too."

He was in regular clothes, khakis and a black fitted sleeveless shirt. His hair fell over the sides of his face as he said,

"When we get back home, I'm gonna sleep right away."

I nodded as I watched him pat his pockets down as he said,

"Fuck....I don't have any cigarettes."

I went into my jean pockets as I pulled out my pack and tossed them to him as I said,

"Catch."

His hand caught them quickly as he took one out and lit it as he said,

"So, we should get going."

"I'm almost done."

I was...well I had a few more shirts to fold...but I was almost done. I hated the way I folded clothes. Miya always folded them much better. I suddenly got anxious to get back home. I smiled to myself as someone knocked on the door of our hotel room. Akio went to answer it as Aoki was there. He said something to Akio before the door closed and Akio went back to his suitcase as he said,

"We gotta go right now."

"Why? What's going on?"

"Trouble back home."

I sighed as I quickly finished up packing my clothes and then got everything together as we all met up in the lobby and got in different cabs as we got to the airport. Word got around between us that enemies of the Black Hand that were trying to allie with Kenimin were pissed off that Kenimin had married off his daughter to a yakuza and not a triad and as retaliation, they had traveled to Tokyo to cause some trouble. I cursed under my breath. Looks like I wasn't resting yet.