The Wounded

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    Masamune stared at the angel laying quietly beside him. How had he ever become so lucky? After about half an hour of him staring the silk haired angel stirred, bringing a smile to his face. "You're staring again," he whispered digging his face into my armpit. "Hm, would you like to know why angel?" He received no response but a soft snore. His amusement could be interpreted by his chest rattling chuckles.

    "You keep waking me. Shhhh," mumbled the semi-unconscious uke. He smiled brightly at the smaller man. "Wake up baby. You need to drink some water and maybe a drug of your choice." He chuckled at the whine his lover emitted from his rather small body.

    "Ibuprofen please." Before Masamune could rise to retrieve the chosen drug, Ritsu's long slim legs tangled with his own trapping him in the bed. Now he was definitely more willing to staying in bed with his beloved all day but his duties were stacked in hundreds. At first sight, one would have thought that Masamune Takano had been disregarding his work for over years.

"Ritsu, You must get up and rehydrate yourself. You drank quite a lot of alcohol last night Ritsu. I am worried."

    Said brunette blinked his eyes lazily before sitting up and leaning against the wooden headboard. "I am not a morning person." pouted Ritsu as he glanced at Masamune grumpily. Sighing, Masamune untangled his long muscular legs from Ritsu's and stood up. "What would you like for breakfast Ritsu?"

    Instead of answering his lover Ritsu replied with his own question, "Can we go together to get something?" Shaking his raven locks away from his pale face, he shook his head in a negative. "My sincere apology love, I only have time to pick something up and drop it off. I have so much paperwork to finish with Yokozawa."

    Ritsu subconsciously pouted, upset to hear that he couldn't spend the whole day with Masamune. "Oh well in that case, I'm fine. Go ahead and get ready. I'll bring you lunch around noon?" The raven nodded happy he'd see his beloved sometime in the day with all his piled work. Giving said beloved a smile he headed over to the bathroom to get ready for the long day.

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    Ritsu smiled at the lunch he prepared in the kitchen -with the help of the chefs of course- for Masamune. He had heard that the elders were coming to inspect the state of each councilmen. So instead of packing a heavy lunch like he had planned, which consisted of rice, yakizakana-grilled fish-, and a small bowl of miso soup; he packed a small bowl of rice accompanied with snap peas and wasabi and panko crusted pork. Of course it was still a bit heavy but Ritsu made sure he proportioned everything.

    As soon as Ritsu arrived at the heavy oak doors of the meeting room, he found himself confronted by many black clad elderly men and also a few stern looking females.

"Who are you?"

"What is the purpose of your presence here?"

"What is that delightful smell?"

    Those were examples of questions he had been bombarded with. "If you seniors would be willing to take a lunch break or a break of some sort, my fiancé has brought me lunch. I'm sure he was notified of your significant presence here but as you can see he seems overwhelmed."

    The couple snickered at the turned backs of the elder's. The women could be heard complaining about their long day in this setting, while the men were all shuffling towards the main dining area- to find a suitable restroom and an area where they could dine until later.

    "Thank you baby for bringing me food. Have you already eaten?" Ritsu nodded. "For breakfast I just had a parfait with berries and granola. And for lunch I had rice and left over beef from last night at the party."