Reize knew that he was by far the weakest captain of Aliea, and he had accepted it long ago. Still, other members of higher ranked teams would waste no time in reminding him of his place. It had irritated him at first, but he eventually was able to accept his status and ignore the other members.

One he had never ignored, though, was Desarm. The older boy was just to hard to turn away from. Even if he lacked motivational skills, he was still a great leader. So out of respect and admiration, Reize would listen to whatever the blackette had to say, no matter how harsh his statements were.

The main reason why the greenette would always listen was because of his feelings towards the elder captain. He had admired him since childhood, but that had soon grown into something more that he wouldn't dare to reveal. He was in love with Desarm.

It had hurt him so much to hide his feelings, but it was necessary. There was no way for someone as low ranking as himself could ever end up with someone like Desarm.

The love he had for Desarm only made it harder when he was summoned to receive his team's punishment for failing to eliminate Raimon. Before he was summoned, he had managed to convince the other captains and his Father that the defeat was entirely his fault, so he should take the punishment. His teammates were horrified, but Reize knew it had to be done to protect them. They were, after all, the closest thing he had to a family.

Standing before the three pillars, each holding a master rank captain, and Desarm was terrifying, but he just took a deep, silent breath and looked up at his superiors. "You summoned me?"

Gran, his former best friend, smirked eerily. "We did, Reize-chan, and I assume that you know why."

"I do," Reize kept his composure, but inside, he was scared out of his mind. What would they do to him?

"This is a waste of time. Get on to the fun stuff," Burn whined like a young child.

Gazelle glared at him, "Maybe if you'd shut up, we could get to that part, Tulip-baka!"

"You-"

"Shut it, both of you." Gran ordered sternly. "There are more important matters to discuss."

The two looked at the redhead angrily before turning away from each other without a word.

"Now," Gran continued, "we must find a suitable punishment for Reize-chan, here. Any ideas?"

Burn grinned, "we could burn him to a crisp and beat the life out of him!"

"What kind of punishment is that?" Gazelle scoffed.

"Do you have a better idea, ice princess?"

"We could always freeze him."

"How is that better than my idea?!"

"It just is. Now shut up, Tulip-baka."

"It's not a tulip!"

Ignoring the two's banter, Gran turned to Desarm. "You brought him back, so since those two can't come to an agreement, you can decide what to do with him."

"Thank you, Gran-sama." The black-haired boy bowed to his superior before he grabbed Reize's arm roughly. "Come with me, Reize."

Reize looked at him fearfully as he was dragged down hallway after hallway before they arrived in front of a strange door. "Welcome to Hell, Reize."

The greenette hissed quietly as he was thrown roughly to the ground. Desarm looked pleased with the smaller boy's pain. He left the room briefly before returning with a thick leather whip.

"Let this be a lesson to you, Reize," he raise the whip over his head, "those who lose are worthless." And with that, he brought the whip down on the small boy. 

Reize screamed silently as the older teen lashed him again and again. It hurt so much, yet he could not bring himself to fight back. Instead, he submitted willingly to his secret crush.

'He didn't used to be like this,' Reize thought. 'He used to be so nice...'

Reize allowed his thoughts to wander back to their childhood. Desarm would always protect him from people that wished to hurt him. It always back then when his crush had formed. Silently, he wished that Desarm would become who he was so long ago. Reize missed that Desarm, no, he missed Saginuma Osamu, not Desarm. He just wanted Osamu back! What was so wrong with that?

He was brought back to reality by a particularlyhard lash. He screamed loudly as he withered in pain. Tears stung his eyes, threatening to fall. 'Please come back, Osamu...'

As if he had heard the greenette's silent plea, Desarm stopped the lashings. The taller boy looked down at the injured one, a small amount of pity well hidden in his eyes. "That's all for today, but don't think that this is over. You'll come here tomorrow morning as soon as breakfast ends, and then we'll continue your punishment."

Desarm gazed at him once more before he turned and left the room. 

Reize struggled weakly on the ground, trying to lift his beaten body off the ground. He managed to get up onto his elbows, but he soon collapsed onto the floor once more. 

Exhausted by injury and blood loss, Reize was barely clinging to consciousness. Weak and tired, Reize allowed his eyes to slowly shut, but even after Desarm had beaten him brutally, Reize still clung tightly to one thought. 'I love you, Saginuma Osamu...'

~Fin.~

Mega: What did you think? I know that it's not a popular pairing, but I like it. This was also my first attempt at an angsty one-shot. Did you like it? Tell me in a comment. Also, I still need requests for these, so feel free to request one. Ciao, minna!