The (rut) cycle (shinsoukoku)

Chapter 30

Atsushi wishes everything would go back to normal. Them waking up, fucking, him taking care of Akutagawa, making love again and falling asleep.

And technically, that was what was happening.

But Akutagawa grew distant.

Their routine changed in the next few days, from normal to... well, not normal.

Before, it was Atsushi who always woke up first and made love with his mate. Now, the diablo was already up hours before Atsushi. There were always dark circles under his eyes, as if Akutagawa didn't sleep well next to his boyfriend.

But actually, Akutagawa was scared. Scared of Atsushi and sad because of what happened. He started falling into depression.

What was he doing with his life? Why would he ever decide to live with a monster like Atsushi, who first almost killed his sueter and later actually killed his old boss.

What did Akutagawa do to deserve all of this?

Every night he wakes up because of nightmares and later isn't able to fall asleep anymore. He walks around like a zombie, searching for a meaning of life that he might never even find.

Every time Atsushj touches him, je feels hot on the touched part. Memories always come flooding back, mostly the rape ones. He stopped wanting to sleep with Atsushi anymore.

The worst thing was, he knew the weretiger was starting to notice how distant Akutagwa was and the diablo was scared of what his boyfriend might do next.

Will he rape him again? Or maybe torture him until he begs Atsushi for forgiveness?

No... Atsushi promised to never hurt him, and that was the one promise he didn't break yet. The rape a few days ago didnt hurt, so that didn't count as hurting him.

...right?

Akutagawa sighs. He was hopeless. His entire life was hopeless. The only reason he was alive now was because of Atsushi.

So what would happen to him if Atsushi simply stopped loving him?

Meanwhile, Atsushi was thinking of ways to make Akutagawa stop ignoring him again. He started regretting killing Chuuya in front of his mate. He should've killed the mafia boss without Akutagawa knowing.

He had a tiny idea in his head already. What if he could make AKutagawa jealous? Jealous so much he would come crawling back to Atsushi. That way, Atsushi won't have to use any force. His mate would love him again just like that.

Now all he had to do was find some great substitute.

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A few days later when Akutagawa's behavior still hasn't ‚improved', Atsushi brings home a new addition to the family.

A man with a mask on his face which only covered his eyes. His eyes were blue and Atsushi despised looking into them, so he ordered the man to always wear a blindfold.

The man had no name, so ever since Atsushi bought him from the slave market, he called him ‚Sub'. Partly because it was short for submissive and partly because it was short for substitution of Akutagawa.

Atsushi guides Sub through the room and knocks on Akutagawa's bedroom. The diablo opens and it is clear he's extremely tired. He slowly looks at Atsushi but then the other man takes his focus and Akutagawa's eyes widen.

Did Atsushi kidnap someone?

"Who is that?" He asks and that is the most he's said in the last few days. Atsushi grabs the slave's butt and makes the man who was shorter than Akutagawa let out a small moan. Akutagawa gulps when he looks the man up and down. The slave was better in every way taht he wasn't. His lips were much redder and prettier than Akutagawa's. His body, shorter and very visibly sexy. Anyone would've chosen to fuck him over Akutagawa. His hair was very well cut and even though his and Akutagawa's had the same length, the other man looked so much better with it.

Even though he was blindfolded, Akutagawa knew his eyes were much prettier than the diablo's.

"I didn't tell you?" Atsushi laughs and leans to the slave. He turns his head and licks his cheek.

"That's Sub, my new toy. My body has needs, you know. Just think of him as my cockslut" Atsushi says with a smile as if totally oblivious to Akutagawa's shocked reaction.

It's only been a few days where they haven't had sex. Was the weretiger really going to replace him this fast? His lip was trembling and because he didn't know what to do, he left the room and walked over to the bathroom.

He takes a long, incredibly hot shower. He wished the water had the temperature of burning his skin off. Then Atsusih would have to take care of him, and not that Sub...

When he used the towel to dry himself off, he made sure to be extra rough. Maybe he'll be able to wipe the filthiness off him and make Atsushi like him again?

No. He shouldn't think like that. The weretiger killed Chuuya. He ripped him to shreds in front of the diablo's very eyes. If anything, it was better that Atsushi got himself a slut. He won't rape Akutagawa anymore.  Now, all the pressure of being good in bed would belong to Sub, not Akutagawa anymore.

Yes. He shouldn't worry about all this. He should just be happy that maybe things will go back to normal soon, and that he'll have time to forgive Atsushi. He doesn't know how long that'll take. Currently, the diablo's feelings were back to when he first started developing romantic feelings for Atsushi. He both loved and hated him.

He puts the towel around his waist and puts his slippers on. The shower really refreshed his mind.

The diablo walks over to his bedroom, opens the door...

and sees Sub riding Atsushi.

All of Akutagawa's ideas of how good their life would be now and that he would have enough time to forgive Atsushi suddenly left. It was nonexistent anymore. Nothing could've prepared him for Atsusih actually having Sex with Sub. Thinking about it and seeing it were complete opposites of each other.

He sees how the slave was jumping up and down on Atsushi's dick and then the diablo looks at the weretiger's face, which was full of bliss.

Atsushi was never this happy the last time Akutagawa was riding him.

Akutagawa hears moans coming from both of them and a few seconds later, he and his boyfriend catch eye contact. While looking at each other, Atsusih grabs the slave's face and pulls him forwards, kissing him.

That was enough for Akutagawa.

He quickly closes the door with a loud bang and falls to the floor. He leans against the door and covers his head in his hands. He was hyperventilating and tears were falling down his cheeks.

Why would Atsushi do this to him? Was this some kind of psychological punishment for not wanting to have sex anymore? Why was he so focused on torturing him, first by killing Chuuya and now by having sex with someone else... Wasn't this basically cheating?

Or maybe Atsushi never saw Akutagawa as his equal. Maybe the diablo was always a toy in his eyes, and Sub was just a new toy collection. Maybe they were never even boyfriends. Akutagawa just planted ideas into his head to make their relationship make sense.

He still hears moans and whimpers coming from the other room and hears how Atsushi cums... Akutagawa thought only he was able to bring Atsushi to his release. But apparently not.

With shaking legs, the diablo stands up and walks over to the bathroom again. He left his phone there and desperately wanted to call someone. He wasn't able to deal with all this alone.

He dials Gin's number, but she's unavailable. Maybe she was on the job and had to turn off the phone?

He wants to try Chuuya but later realized how stupid that sounds. Chuuya was dead.

The last person he tries to call is Higuchi, but she's unavailable too.

He closes the bathroom door and falls asleep leaning by the wall. Maybe they'll be available tomorrow?

...he really hopes Atsushi has nothing to do with them not being able to call.
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I didn't know which character to put as the slave so I just decided to make a quick OC. But he's not gonna be here for long.

I hope you enjoyed reading this chapter
-Nat