Praise (shinsoukoku)

Chapter 8

"Uh, no?" The diablo says and crosses his arms.

"Why not? I deserve to sleep too!" The wereiger says and frowns a bit, but AKutagawa rolls his eyes.

"You're a tiger. Sleep on the floor"

"Why would I sleep on the floor? What does being a tiger, wait, ‚half'-tiger have anything to do with the bed?"

"You can, like, tuck your paws in, or whatever." The diablo mutters and turns around, laying on the bed.

But then, he feels a hand on his shoulder. The hand turns him around and suddenly, Atsushi's on top of him. His hands are now on both his shoulders, pinning hiw down on the bed.

"What the fuck!" The diablo yells and tries to shake him off, but Atsuhi doesn't budge. He leans in until his mouth is near the diablo's ear and opens his mouth. The warmth of Atsusih's slow breaths make Akutagawa blush.

"I thought you were a good boy. Would you really make me sleep on the floor?" He whispers, a voice so low that it makes shivers run down Akutagawa's spine.

The diablo gulps and cannot concentrate on looking at both of Atsushi's eyes, so his own eyes start to move frantically from left to right, on repeat.

Atsushi backs away again but doesn't get off Akutagawa. Instead, he touches the diablo's cheek and starts caressing it.

"Well, unless you'd want to disappoint me"He adds quietly and Akutaagwa, almost against his will, shakes his head.

He doesn't want to disappoint him.

...Jesus, what was wrong with him?

Atsushi smiles and gets off the mafia executive.

"Schooch over" He tells Akutagawa and later manages to get into the bed. It was big enough to fit both of them and still leave some space, but Akutagawa still went as far as possible into the corner, rethinking all his life choices and how it all lead to this; he and Atsushi sleeping in the same fucking bed.

Fortunately, Akutagawa's able to fall asleep quickly, the tiredness stronger than his uneasiness.

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After about two hours, Atsushi moves a bit closer to his diablo and turns him around, so he could see his face.

Akutagawa seems so calm like this... The weretiger smiles.

There are two reasons for that.

One; He is happy that the diablo doesn't dislike him enough to kick him out of the bed. He still remembers their time at the bar and how pretty Akutagawa looked, sucking his dick as if it was a life or death situation.

Two; The diablo almost immediately said yes after Atsushi told him he'd be disappointed if the diablo declined. It was almost as if Akutagawa didn't want to disappoint him, and that gave Atsushi a certain power.

A power over the control of some of Akutagawa's actions.

Atsushi's hand slides down a bit and he starts to partly undress Akutagawa; he takes his coat off and raises his shirt a bit, to reveal the diablo's skinny and still malnourished-looking body.

In many ways, they were similar. He and Akutagawa.

Both were starving children with terrible, abusive childhoods. The only reason why they became enemies on different sides, 'good' and 'bad', was because of who found who first.

Akutagawa, found by the 15 year old Dazai, became a murderer for the mafia.

Atsushi, also found by Dazai, or, well, he found Dazai and then everyone found out he was a weretiger, but by an older one. He got the choice of becoming an agency member. He actually got a choice to be able to feel happy.

The weretiger removes his hand from Akutagawa's stomach and chest and instead touches his lips. He leans in, softly kissing the diablo.

There are many complicated feelings going through him. Does he like Akutagawa, or just the power? Or both?

There has to be a reason why in the last few days, thinking about the diablo made him feel at ease.

Atsushi puts his arms around Akutagawa and pulls him close. Then, he finally falls asleep, too.

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Akutagawa was in a beautiful dream when he suddenly got woken up by an arm which was dangerously close to his neck.

Because of his survival instinct which he slowly started to perfect during his time in the mafia, the diablo wakes up and prepares his Rashomon, just to realize that the person with his arm around his neck was Atsushi. A sleeping Atsushi.

Confused, the diablo tries to back away a bit. He realizes he doesn't have his coat on any more and notices that it's on the floor, by the corner.

He tries to stand up and move Afsushi's arms away from his neck, but only the latter works. Atsushi's grip is now on his waist but it's not more loose.

"Mm..." He hears Atsushi hum behind him and pull him even closer to himself. Their faces are extremely close to each other and the diablo blushes a bit.

"Weretiger" He warns but instead of getting free, Atsushi puts his head near Akutagawa's ear.

"Don't go... I'll be disappointed if you do." He says and then yawns in between, not even realizing his words because he was partly asleep and still thinking he was in a dream, and Akutagawa's body goes still.

"I thought you were a good boy..." He adds and yawns yet again, falling asleep once more.

Akutagawa slowly raises his hand and covers his mouth, trying not to make any noises.

He... He doesn't know what to do.

What was the weretiger doing to him?

Why, for some reason, does Akutagawa want to be called ‚good'?

He sighs and decides to stay still, if just for a few more minutes. It won't hurt anyone, and maybe it will help the diablo calm down a bit.

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"How long are you going to stay in the bathroom?" Akutagawa hears the weretiger ask and he groans.

"Shut up!" He yells and stares back down at his bulge. For some reason, sleeping so close to Atsushi made him hard. He was sure the weretiger didn't know what he said before, but the simple action of putting their bodies so close together made the diablo feel things. Things he's never felt before.

"Is everything okay?" The weretiger asks but this time, the diablo doesn't answer. He takes a deep breath, hoping his dick will go down soon before Atsushi notices anything and steps out of the bathroom. There was no way he was going to jerk off in the same room as his basically enemy.

They were still enemies, right?

For some reason, that thought makes Akutagawa feel a bit down.

"Are you ready?" The weretiger asks and once Akutagawa nods, they take their bags and leave, knowing their will finish their mission very soon, without any worries.

Little did they know, very soon Akutagawa would get a very important phone call, bearing terrible news.

And who knows? Maybe Atsushi might take advantage of that.
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I hope you enjoyed reading this chapter
-Nat