When the day was over for the host club Zakari slowly opened his eyes to bright light and groaned in slight discomfort of the light and slowly looked up and saw Mitsukuni smiling down at him... he felt his heart race, "Hey Zak-Kun, sleep well?" He asked curiously while the blond laying down seemingly nodded his head dumbly... "I really can't think of a reply?"  "You're comfy..." the mutter that came out made him blush briefly at what he just said. Mitsukuni giggled at that and nodded his head. "Come on, let's go home." He said before he helped him by propping him up on the couch and getting low once again so the boy can climb back on his back.

"This is still oddly comfy as well," Zakari muttered, not meaning to while Mitsukuni grinned at that while Takashi saw him carrying him once again. "He's still hurt Takashi, Can you come and help me in the limo?" He asked with a turn to his head while everyone else gave the two an odd look... "What's going on with them?" Kaoru asked out of everyone's curiosity while Haruhi shrugged her shoulders. "They are close." She stated as if it was the most normal thing in the world... "Yeah... close." ...

...

When Zakari got out of the limo he gave a thankful smile to Takashi who opened the door and got back into the limo as the driver started to drive once again to the nearby residence of the Morinozuka's. "Zak-Kun?" He turned around to see Mitsukuni looking at him with concerned eyes and he smiled. "It's okay Mitsu...I can walk from here at least." The smile etching his features made the blond blush before turning his head and put out his arm in a gesture for him. "Just so you don't fall." Zakari looked at his outstretched arm and looped his with his own.

They walked into the house and Zakari slowly unwove his arm from Mitsukuni and gave him a sidelong glance and gave a smile. "Would you like anything Mitsu?" He asked making the blond shake his head. "You should be resting... I can grab anything I need okay?" He fretted making the heterochromia boy shake his head. "I'm not as fragile as he said Mitsu-Kun." He said in reassurance but he wasn't having any of it and gave him a look. "Please Zakari... just rest for me." He said looking down at the floor making him frown as he seemed so dejected. 

"...Okay, but can I at least grab us a drink?" He asked making Mitsukuni look up quickly and shook his head, "Nope!" He grabbed the teen's hand and pulled him towards the couch that was in the living room. "We have servants for a reason." He stated making Zakari frown at his words.. "But... I'm technically your servant." He muttered as he looked down at his hands in sadness while the older of the two looked at him with a frown. "Zakari... Look at me please." Zakari looked up at him only to be surprised when he was pulled into a hug, but instead of being in his shoulder, he was in his chest.

"You know... I really don't want you to be labeled as my servant." He whispered making Zakari's eyes widen. "W-What do you want me to be." He muttered against his chest making him smile slightly. "I... I really don't know aha..." He laughed shamefully at that, seemingly confused. Zakari looked up at him, and when he looked down they seemed to be so close... for some reason closer than they usually seem. "Tell me." He whispered so silently Mitsukuni barely heard it.

"Well... I guess... whenever I'm around you, I feel happier, when I saw you hurt today..." He paused with a look of anger and then he looked back down with a small sad smile. "I felt like I couldn't breathe until you were better." He breathed out and then slowly clasped his hands against him making the already blushing boy go darker. "And when I hold you like this, I feel like there wouldn't  be anything else to make me any happier..." He whispered as he slowly leaned his head against his.

"Whenever I joined the host club, I did it out of curiosity... but whenever I entertain those girls, it's just to help my friends... but whenever I make you laugh..." he poked his side making the platinum blond's mouth twitched up slightly. "Or see you smile..." He continued his poke and it was there again and the blond smiled warmly. "I think I like you a whole lot." He whispered before the younger teen's eyes widened before he looked down briefly.

"I... I don't want you to be caught up in my mess..." He whispered sadly making Mitsukuni frown at that and brought his chin up with his finger. "You know... You're so independent... I told you the Haninozuka family will stay by you... and stay by you I shall." He whispered, his eyes were the thing that had him wonder the most... He was staring into his, without faltering...

"I like you too... I just..." He closed his eyes breathing out. "I don't want you to be in trouble..." He whispered making Mitsukuni giggle. "Well, I'm already enough trouble as is, what's a little more." He gave a sly grin and pressed his head against his once more. Zakari couldn't help but smile slightly. "I meant with your family." He whispered making Mitsukuni pause, he lightly placed his hand against Zakari's cheek. "they never discriminate anyone, only those who lie, so keeping this a secret wouldn't do us any good." He said with a small sigh before Zakari shook his head.

"We haven't known each other for long..." Zakari stated with a sad sigh making Mitsukuni frown and scratch the boy's cheek slightly affectionately. "A lot of rich families like mine sometimes resort to arranged marriages... Time doesn't matter... Besides," He gave a small smile at the boy sitting next to him. "You told me yourself, I know you more than your own family, I think that speaks volumes that it should be fine." 

Zakari couldn't help but frown at his words over arranged marriages but kept quiet... when he was done he smiled shyly... "I... do... do you wanna?" He whispered making Mitsukuni give a small giggle at his awkward question. "Do I wanna what, Zakari-Kun?" He whispered to him making him blush. "...D-Dating?" He whispered making him giggle, "Yes, but let's just keep doing what we've been doing... and..." He gave a sly grin making Zakari blush brightly. "A-And what??" He whispered slightly baffled at it. "When you wanna kiss I wouldn't be opposed to that." Zakari sat there agape at what he just said and the blush rising to his face made him giggle.

"Or can I already do it?" He teased making the boy sputter and hid his face in the boy's chest. "S-Stop teasing me." He whispered out while Mitsukuni gave a laugh that made Zakari's heart flutter. "Okay, Zak-Kun as you wish." He said with a small grin as he grabbed his hand and held it... "When do your parents come home?" Zakari looked up, his blush was there still and he looked up in thought. "I believe they said eight, so three hours?"

Zakari nodded his head and he seemingly looked down at his hands that were shaking fairly erratically... "Y-You're sure th-they won't..." He paused his stuttering and shook as he remembered what happened three years ago. Mitsukuni smiled reassuringly before the shaking continued and he felt it. "I'm sure," he whispered as Zakari slowly nodded his head against him. "C-Can we stay like this... for a little bit," he whispered, seemingly scared to death. "Of course." 

Mitsukuni slowly situated himself on the couch to where he was laying down with Zakari hugging his waist and burying his face in his chest, there was a blanket luckily nearby and he was able to cover himself and Zakari with it. "You're really great... Ya know." he muttered making Mitsukuni laugh slightly at that, "You are too." He said back in a whisper. Zakari smiled at that before looking towards the tv that was playing and hummed silently...

"What is it?" Mitsukuni asked making him smile slightly. "A-Ah... it's stupid." He blushed in embarrassment. "I have another thing I like to do that I left out." Zakari scratched his cheek briefly and he smiled down at him. "What's that?" Looking up he smiled sheepishly. "S-Singing." Mitsukuni gave him a curious look before smiling brightly. "I-I was usually alone when I baked so... I just sang stuff..." He muttered out before Mitsukuni giggled. "You have to sing for me!" He said happily making him blush in embarrassment. "N-No! I-I'm horrific at singing! J-Just forget I said a-anything!" He shook his head quickly making him smile slightly at that.

"Maybe one day." He said as if he was thinking it making Zakari tense but then relaxed briefly... they watched the tv play as they relaxed in presence of each other... almost like this was the most normal thing to do with the other. The channel changed over and Zakari tensed in his hold and he looked down to see him turning his head away from the tv. "Akio! Akio Nakano! I heard you had announced your daughter to be your next successor? Why not your son? Seeing as every successor has been Male." The man on screen turned and smiled at the camera. "Daiki is far too young to take the mantle. Besides I want my daughter to fully take over and break this line of... sexism." He stated boldly while Zakari flinched at the tv.

"My three other children will help their big sister in the company in their own way when they grow up." Mitsukuni grabbed the remote but paused at what the reporter said next. "I was meaning your eldest son Zakari Nakano." Zakari's head snapped up surprisingly. "Oh no..." He muttered as his father had a dark look cross his features. "No further questions," Aito stated before turning but before he turned Zakari and Mitsukuni saw the glare he was indenting into the microphone... 

"That's not good..." He whispered while Mitsukuni rubbed his arm that started to shake. "How did that reporter dig me up? Of all things..." Mitsukuni opened his arms. "Come here... ignore everything else, okay?" Mitsukuni's words held meaning behind it and Zakari frowned as he looked towards the tv where the reporter was being questioned over the unknown name... Mitsukuni grabbed the remote and turned it to another channel. "Come." He waved him forward and he laid his head back down and sighed in content... "You'll stay with me forever...?" He asked in a small whisper, the conversation still in the back of his mind.

"Yeah, it'll be rather boring without you here anymore." The two stayed like that for two hours, just whispering to each other with oddball questions and sometimes laughing at what was on tv. "You like dancing as well? Why didn't you tell me this before? It's fairly hard to forget that sort of thing." Zakari laughed in his chest and shook his head. "I don't know, whenever you ask someone what they like to do, they have to think for a moment and it sometimes goes over people's heads," Zakari said in a small fit of laughter. 

"Well, I like eating sweets and training in my dojo with Takashi." Mitsukuni grinned making him stick his tongue out at him. "Not impressed, you must like doing more things." He nodded his head, "Touche." He leaned forward. "Does talking with you count now." He whispered in his ear making him blush brightly. "C-Charmer." He muttered as he laughed. "Hope so, I tried my best." He shook his head silently at that before he slowly got up from his position and looked around briefly, "Where are ya going?" Mitsukuni asked with a pout while he gave him a small roll to his eyes. "I think we should get changed since we've been in our uniform." 

When he pointed it out Mitsukuni couldn't help but feel a tad bit embarrassed. Mitsukuni got up after him and when they got to their rooms, Zakari took off the top half of his uniform, letting the jacket lay on his dresser while his shirt was next to it. He looked down and winced slightly as he slowly checked below a bandage on his chest and saw it was still pretty bruised. He unbuttoned his pants before he heard a knock and he blushed briefly. "I-I'm indisposed!" He said stuttering. He buttoned his pants again and slowly opened his door briefly to look out to see Mitsukuni looking at him with curious eyes.

"Y-Yes Mitsu?" He whispered out his question making him smile at him and slightly scratched his cheek. "I was just checking if you still are okay, didn't want you to hurt yourself." Zakari smiled slightly at his concern. "I-I'm okay, I might take a bath... need to change these bandages anyways." He stated as he looked up to the corner of his room, seemingly a habit... Mitsukuni leaned in and pecked his forehead. "Okay, if you need anything just shout, okay?" He whispered making him smile at him and nod. He closed the door and sighed slightly before unbuttoning his pants a second time.

He went into the bathroom and before he undressed fully he looked at the bath and gave it an odd look... "I haven't really had a bath like this before." Seeing all the different types of soap and how big the bath actually was... he turned the faucet and the warm water came gushing out almost immediately, he smiled slightly before he slowly unbandaged himself, looking in the mirror as he did. The bruises defiantly were lessened but it defiantly made Zakari wince if he touched it. He looked towards the bath to see it was filling up rather quickly and stripped the remaining clothing before slowly easing himself into the still filling bath. 

He groaned in content, feeling the warm water bath his bruises. He looked at the level of the water and turned the faucet off and just laid there for a minute... He looked towards his arms and then his legs... he paused and sighed in sadness... "It'll be boring without you here." he sunk a little bit in the water. "Forever is an awfully long time... will he even stay..." he shook his head from the negativity and grabbed the nearest bottle of shampoo and tried to clean himself as quickly but as gentle as a possible cause of the bruises.

after thirty minutes of laying in the water, he slowly grabbed the drain and pulled it out, letting the water drain as he stood up, he cursed himself briefly as he forgot to grab a towel so he didn't get the floor wet... tiptoeing he quickly got to the area where he assumed the towels were and paled... none were there. He sighed in embarrassment. "M-Mitsukuni!" He shouted before he heard someone quickly open the door of his room and when the bathroom door started to open, Zakari held the door in embarrassment. "I-I'm okay! just... there are no towels in here." 

Mitsukuni blushed in the embarrassment of his own "Ahh! Sorry, Zakari! I'll be right back with one!" Zakari sighed in relief and began drying his hands just by flicking his hand slightly and grabbed his clothing, he heard his door open once again and a knock on the bathroom door. "T-Thank you." grabbing the towel and Mitsukuni got a glimpse of his hair down and not as fluffy as usual and smiled at him. "Y-Yeah, no problem." He gave a shy smile as he closed the door again as Zakari was drying himself with the help of the heat to his face... ironically enough.

After a few minutes of him drying himself, he grabbed the towel and shook his hair briefly in the towel, drying it as fast as possible. He left it on his head and started to put his clothing on and went out of the bathroom to see Mitsukuni sitting on his bed and he gave him an odd look. "You didn't have to wait for me." He stated with his confused look on his face and Mitsukuni couldn't help but smile but showed him a stack of towels he had. "I brought some extra towels for you." He said as he grabbed the stack and headed into the bathroom. "Y-Yeah I might need one for the floor..." Zakari muttered and looked at the one that one his head, seemingly got his hair dry enough he moped up any of the loose droplets.

He turned back to Mitsukuni who was putting away the tiles under the sink. Giving him a smile Mitsu gave a small shy smile. "Y-you look cute with your hair like that." He looked down slightly as his blush on his face made Zakari flush up and look up at his hair, it was a little dry, but... "Not as..." He paused and gave Mitsukuni a small look and he flushed... "He does look hot if he acts his age as he does around me..."  He paused and blushed harder and he looked up only to see Mitsukuni doing the same.

"A-Ah a-anyway we should go, My parents arrived a few minutes ago." Zakari felt something pressing down on him and he frowned slightly... looking down then back up. "M-Mitsu?" He whispered in a small shake making him walk forward quickly. "Ca...Can you..." He muttered and shyly brushed his hand against his hand. "Can you kiss me..." He whispered making his eyes widened and the blush on his face returned. "I... I don't know what will happen... a-and I guess call me curious." He laughed bitterly before Mitsukuni pulled his chin up slightly and gave him a lopsided grin.

"Sure Zakari-Kun." He whispered before pushing forward and Zakari closed his eyes and let the teen's lips fall onto his... It was something alright... the spark he heard from every romance ever was there... after feeling that spark he wrapped his arms around his neck while Mitsukuni pulled from his waist before pulling away after a moment and gave him the same grin he showed before. "You felt that too right?" After hearing that Mitsukuni gave a small chuckle and nodded his head. "Of course Zakari." He whispered and put his head against his.

"L-Let me tell them," Zakari stated quickly for a moment after making him open his eyes and give an odd look. "I-I don't want you to get in trouble... l-like I said... B-But! I will tell them." Mitsukuni gave him a small stare before sighing briefly and nodded his head. "I'll be there though." The blond muttered before leaning down and giving him another quick peck on the lips. "Come on." He grabbed the boys hand and pulled him along.

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Mitsukuni popped his head the door curiously, seeing his mother and father at the dining table and Takada nearby with his little brother just walking down the hall... oh no... Yasuchika. He pulled Zakari through the door and Zakari seemingly shook off any nerves before he was walking towards the dining table... that was before Amaya stood up quickly and Mitsukuni pushed the boy as gently as he could towards his mother as a brown-haired boy appeared between them and Zakari's eyes widened as Mitsukuni grabbed the hand that was about to hit him in his chest.

"W-What's going on?" Zakari muttered as Amaya brought him behind her. "This is normal, just don't want you to in the crossfire sweetheart." Yorihisa nodded with his wife. "N-Normal!?" Zakari stuttered out in shock before he watched on in obvious confusion as Mitsukuni grabbed Yasuchika and pinned him down. "Y-you win brother." Mitsukuni smiled at that and jumped off of him and dusted off his pants and gave a small smile towards his parents.

"A-Ah... I want to tell you two something." Zakari whispered making Amaya turn around and look at the platinum blond with curious eyes. "M-Mitsukuni said you hate liars, more then anything else so, I wouldn't want to keep this from you." Yorihisa stopped sipping his tea and waved Yasuchika away briefly who seemed to huff at the fight that just happened. "T-The reason why the Nakano's vanishing son ended up here." Mitsukuni frowned at the start but let the boy finish his story and in the end he was shaking.

"I-I... I can leave if t-this makes y-you uncomfortable." Zakari whispered while Mitsukuni shook in a small amount of anger. He was telling them the first part... gauging their reactions... It was a smart plan, but if they did react negatively... what would he do? He couldn't leave Zakari... no, he wouldn't... he saw Zakari shaking and tears slowly sliding down his face and it took his entire will power not to move and comfort him... but he didn't have to as Amaya wrapped her arms around him in a gentle embrace. 

"I'm sorry you had to go through that Zakari... We would never do such a thing as love is love. No matter." Amaya whispered as Yorihisa stood up and put his hand on his shoulder. "I had a feeling I remembered your name... so I did some digging, You were the heir to the Nakano's legacy, correct?" He asked making him nod slowly. "Well, let's just say I tipped off a reporter for you... They will look into it and I believe the Nakano family will start to decline and your... parents will most likely be arrested for child negligence." Zakari's eyes widened... so that's what they were doing?

Mitsukuni sighed slightly in relief and smiled. "Is that all?" Amaya asked curiously making him tense and she felt it and frowned briefly, "you didn't kill a man did you?" She asked making him laugh slightly and shook his head. "I... I want permission." Yorihisa frowned slightly at that and in confusion. "Permission for what dear?" She asked confused, looking towards her husband while Mitskuni walked forward and Zakari smiled slightly and turned towards him. "T-To date your son." He whispered making the two's eyes widened as Mitsukuni stopped in front of them.

"I know you two wanted to give me a few arranged marriages and respected my wish that most were after our name and they would never work out but I promise... Zakari is not like that, as you know..." Mitsukuni said with certainty before smiling at him. "He had to climb out of the pit his family left him in all by himself so... I want him to be safe and have a home here... and... I seemed to have... grown attached to him." Zakari smiled at him and then looked up at Amaya as Yorihisa seemingly rolled his eyes briefly seeing his wife giddy and bouncing on her feet.

"OH, MY BOYS! COME HERE!" She giggled happily and hugged the two close making them grow white from the sudden bone-crushing hug. "H-Hey mom be easy with him! He had a rough day at school!" Mitsukuni said with concern as she instantly let go and looked him over. "What? Let me look! Who hurt my future son in law!" She shouted making them blush bright red. "M-Mom!" He shouted incredulously while Zakari was stuttering as well. "I-I'm okay A-Amaya-chan." He said with a small whisper before looking down at the floor.

"S-So... t-that was a yes?" He asked hopefully, the blush still there and she smiled and looked towards her husband who smiled at the two boys. "Yes, it was. I don't think I need to repeat myself on the matter of hurting this family?" He asked making Zakari shake his head. "No, sir." Zakari said standing up straight and he smiled at him. "Good, Mitsukuni!" He gave a curt voice making him stand up straight. "Take care of this one." He said with an orderly tone making him smile brightly. "Yes, father!" He said before Zakari couldn't take any more joy and dived on the boy and laughed happily. 

Mitsukuni carried the boy on his back to the living room while Amaya smiled at the two. "It's about time he found someone? Right dear?" she asked as he turned and gave a nod. "Yes, though I still want grandkids..."  He muttered sadly making him look over. "He can adopt, besides Yasuchika..." She paused and smiled slightly at that. "Who knows." She shrugged her shoulders before they heard more laughter in the other room. 

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TBC

Okay Break time, four updates pretty close and all with ALOT of words so... Break!

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