By the time Gin came downstairs, Ken had reported to Yasu of several figures keeping a watch over the teahouse.

"There is a total of five men, all dressed in different types of clothes. Two are dressed as common servants, two as guards, and the last one is dressed as a rich merchant. All five of them has been consistently watching the teahouse throughout the day. Luckily for us, they have not placed anyone to watch the back alley."

"We must be more careful." Yasu told them. "Send a notice to the others to not come here unless it's an emergency. Another location will be selected should we need everyone to meet up. For the time being, they should only send a message if they find any useful information."

"I'll let them know." Ken replied.

"I'll keep an eye out for any suspicious people who decides to keep watch on us." Gin said as he sat down at the table.

"Also send someone to follow those five people." Yasu ordered Gin. "I want to know who their Master is and why he's keeping an eye on us."

"Alright." Gin nodded.

Their food was getting cold, so Yasu stopped talking about work and began to eat. It was only when he ate that everyone else picked up their chopsticks and began eating as well. After their meal Yasu went over inventory for Black Fox Teahouse with Fuyu and Kazno.

A list of restock items and ingredients were written down, a stack of receipts were handed over to Yasu to look over and record in the account book, and a list of ideas that some of the servants thought could improve the service of Black Fox Teahouse.

The morning quickly passed with Yasu taking care of business related to Black Fox Teahouse, Nine Treasure Restaurant and Immortal Findings Pawn Shop. By the time he had time to stop for rest, it was already early evening. Yasu decided to fill his stomach with some snacks from the kitchen of Black Fox Teahouse.

He made his way through the garden and kept close to the outer perimeter to stay out of the guests view of the garden. Who would have thought that he would run into a lover's quarrel.

Since the lovers didn't hear Yasu and Kei's footsteps, he had planned to keep on passing by, however the low voice of the other man made Yasu stop in his tracks and find a hidden place to eavesdrop and watch the argument between the two lovers.

"You said that Lady Hisa would leave you alone as long as you brought it up to your father in court." The younger man said in anger and frustration.

"I did bring it up with my Emporer Father." Hiraga tried to reassure his lover and confidant, Kazuki. "You and everyone in this city knows that I did it."

"Then why is she still showing up everywhere we go?" Kazuki questioned Hiraga. "I'm starting to think that you're the one telling her where you'll be so she'll show up!"

Hiraga pulled Kazuki close to him and held him tightly against his chest. Kazuki struggled for awhile, however he knew he couldn't win against Hiraga's strength. Instead Kazuki pounded Hiraga's chest, even though there wasn't any strength behind the punches. He was just venting out his frustrations on Hiraga. For the past couple of months Hisa has been showing up everywhere they went, causing Kazuki to misunderstand and speculate that Hiraga was purposefully running into Hisa to slowly woo her to become his wife. He thought it was Hiraga's way of informing him of Hiraga's intentions and wanted him to slowly accept the woman into their home as well. He thought that Hiraga was testing him to see if he would be willing to give the position of wife to Hisa.

"I told you several times already, I don't like her and don't plan on marrying her."

"At the moment." Kazuki added on to Hiraga's words. "Once you sit on the throne, you'll definitely marry her into your inner palace and place the noblest crown on her head."

"Only to maintain balance in the government. You know I love you more than I love anyone in my life." Hiraga said to appease Kazuki. Hiraga leaned down to kiss the young man's lips, he wanted to kiss the frown away. "Out of all of my lovers, who has been by my side the longest? Who has my love and trust? Who have I pampered beyond reason? Who have I let sleep next to me at night? Who has a place in my home? Who helps me with my troubles and helps me carry my burdens? Who here is the source of my happiness?"

Hiraga gently laid kisses on Kazuki's face, showering him with love.

"Me." Kazuki whispered.

"That's right. And when I win, you'll be my Empress." Hiraga told him.  "Not Lady Hisa."

"Really?"

"Really."

"But, I can't bare a child for you." Kazuki whispered.

"I'll just take a child created with a concubine and give the child to you to raise. As long as the child is raised by you, you'll be the child's rightful parent."

"You'll do that for me?" Kazuki asked. "Even if that child's mother is Lady Hisa?"

"I'll do anything for you." Hiraga said as his hands wandered down Kazuki's body. "Just like right now, your hungry hole is wet and ready for a feeding."

Kazuki moaned loudly as Hiraga stripped his pants and turned him around.

"We can't do it here. Someone might come and see us." Kazuki could only barely say before Hiraga's big and hard penis thrust into his back hole without any friction.

Before they came to Black Fox Teahouse, they had a round of lovemaking in the carriage. Kazuki's chrysanthemum had already been filled with Hiraga's love juices. He loved the feeling of Hiraga's essence inside of him and didn't clean up after their round of lovemaking. Because of this, Hiraga was able to slip easily inside of him once more.

"Baby you're so tight and so wet for me." Hiraga said as he slammed his hips into Kazuki's buttcheeks. "How can I let my baby starve? I need to feed you so you can understand how much I need you as well."

"But what if someone..." Kazuki gasped.

"Then I'll just kill them for looking at you." Hiraga told him. "Only I can see your passionate, wanton expressions and lewd body."

"Hurry baby!" Kazuki cried out.

"Knowing that we could be caught has caused you to be tighter." Hiraga teased him. "Maybe we should have an audience next time."

"No! No audience! Only you!" Kazuki cried out. The waves of pleasure rode through his body in waves as Hiraga pumped himself harder and faster inside of him. "Faster! Yes! Faster!"

Not wanting to see the end of their lovemaking, Yasu quietly left with Kei. It was only when they entered his office in Black Fox Teahouse that Yasu spoke.

"Find out everything about that young man, Kazuki." Yasu ordered Kei. "This is the first time anyone's seen Hiraga with a lover, outside of his home. Usually he keeps his playthings in his inner courtyard and doesn't let them out to play in public. This Kazuki must be dear to his heart."

"Yes, Young Lord." Kei answered. "What do you plan to do to that young man?"

"Once we find out who that young man is, we can find out what advantages his family has received for being Hiraga's lover. If anything that they received is illegal, find evidence and report to the government bureau. Once there is chaos in his family, we'll find a chance to kidnap him and torture him for information."

"What about his life?" Kei asked. Not one ounce of emotion could be seen in his eyes.

"What about his life? It's his death that I want." Yasu told him without any remorse. "Afterwards we'll send the young man's body to Hiraga piece by piece."