The (rut) cycle (shinsoukoku)

Chapter 25

„I'm back, my love"

The words are loud in the silence surrounding them. Well, atleast Akutagawa thinks it's silent. All he can actually focus on is Atsushi and the way he leans in. The way he kisses him after an entire year.

Akutagawa feels as if it's only been a few hours since they last shared such a kiss.

Atsushi's hands on his waist and the way he's so gentle makes Akutagawa crazy. Now that he feels this again, he doesn't know how he survived an entire year without the weretiger.

The wereitger's soft smile on him, fixated only on his eyes. Akutagawa could still not believe that he was the receiver of a smile like that.

„Ryuu..." Atsushi whispers and the diablo knows something is happening behind him. He knows there's probably some fight between the decay of angels and the port mafia and the agency. He doesn't care.

"Yes?" He quietly asks and feels how Atsushi's hand caresses his face and his lips, admiring it.

"Will you come with me?" He asks and Akutagawa.. he does not know what to answer. He wants to say yes. But should he?

Atsushi notices his questioning look and bites his lip in frustration. He releases it a few seconds later though and looks behind Akutagawa. Suddenly, all the fighting noises stop and Atsushi starts talking once again.

"Whatever you choose, whether you stay with me or not, I promise not to hurt them. No one here. But... just know that I love you and my love only grows each day. Maybe I'll have many more opportunities to meet you, but if you come with me, we could have a perfect life together, far away from violence. It would just be us two" He says. What he says is partly a life. Their new life would not be without any violence. Atsusih would still have to often complete missions for Fyodor. He has to earn money after all. But atleast Akutagawa would be able to rest home and never have to do anything his entire life.

And It's not like the diablo knows Atsushi's not telling the full truth.

"They will all stay safe? Do you promise?" He asks and is fully ready to say yes. He missed love. The love Atsushi showered him with for the last year through the letters. He was now sure Atsushi wouldn't hurt him any more... Akutagawa was ready to be with him. Forever.

"Yes. I promise" Atsushi whispers and this time it's Akutagawa who leans in and kisses Atsushi on the lips.

He easily ignores all the screams of his friends and family because after a while, all the screams disappear.

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Once their kiss ends, Akutagawa opens his eyes once again and realizes they're in a different place now.

The weretiger takes his hands off the diablo's waist and lets Akutagawa look around. They were in a normal room and it was full of plants. There were paintings on the wall and one of them even appeared to be Mona Lisa. The room seemed to be separated into an open kitchen too.

"Where are we?" Akutagawa asks the weretiger after he finishes looking around. Atsushi looks at him.

"We're somewhere I'm sure you've never been before. I won't tell you where exactly, but this house is right by the beach... A very beautiful one. We could go there sometime if you'd like." Atsushi says and Akutagawa sighs in relief. He was allowed to go outside.

...wait, allowed? Since when does he care if the weretiger allows him something or not? He wasn't kidnapped anymore. He was here willingly.

Yes. That's what changed.

„I'll show you our room" The weretiger says with a smile and grabs Akutagawa's hand. He opens a brown set of doors and enters the big room. It was as big as the living room and the diablo's eyes widened when he saw how similar it looked to his last one, but bigger and with more colors.

"I designed it so both of us would like it. I hope you like it" Atsushi says awkwardly and caresses Akutagawa's hand. The diablo lets the hand go and walks to the corner of the room where usually all his framed pictures with Gin were. What he found were pictures where his position was the same but Gin was cut out and in her place was Atsushi.

Akutagawa didn't know how to feel about that.

"I... really like it. But why did you remove Gin like this?" He asks and slowly turns around, hoping he didn't say anything to anger the weretiger.

Atsushi walks up to him and takes one of the pictures.

"We could change some of them back, if you want to. But I wanted this room to be only ours without the presence of anyone else, you know? We could add Gin's pictures in the hallways, but this room..."

"This room is private." Akutagawa finishes for him and nods. He takes the picture out of the weretiger's hands and puts it back down. Atsushi's glad Akutagawa understood him so fast and kisses him on the cheek which startles the diablo a bit. Atsushi chuckles at Akutagawa's surprised expression.

The diablo blushes and looks away to hide his embarrassment. He didn't know why he was so nervous. It was just a tiny kiss on the cheek... But it meant so much more than that.

It was the start of a new chapter of Akutagawa's life. A life together with Atsushi.

"Oh, it's already late! Let's go to bed, okay?" Atsushi assk Akutagawa and grabs his hand again. He pulls him towards the bed and pushes him down on it so now he's on top of the diablo.

The diablo gasps a bit and raises his knee a few centimeters up. He accidentally touches Atsushi's dick and hears a very quiet moan.

„Already?" He asks with a quiet voice. He was in love with Atsushi, he already knew that... But he couldn't forget all the times he got raped. How much it hurt. Even if this time it would be consensual,

„Not today. But tomorrow. And I'll make sure you'll enjoy it" The weretiger says with a smile and lays down next to his mate. He wants to fuck Akutagawa right now but knows he shouldn't, for his sake. Tomorrow, his rut is going to start and he wants Akutagawa to have energy for all the fucking they will do.

He wants his mate to be concious throughout the entire time they fuck and bond.
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I hope you enjoyed reading this chapter
-Nat