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all I want for Christmas is... chapter 2 by AlexRT

"Takaba-kun nice of you to join us today" his boss sarcastically chided as he entered.

"Do you have a new assignment for me?" Aki asked in response, ignoring the scolding.

"Well I was going to have you continue on the Kira-Kira-Chan story follow-up but since Mitarai said you got too involved again and so she might recognize you, you're off that one." His boss was clearly annoyed. "So for the time being all I have is advertisement shoots"

Aki groaned but smiled and agreed "Where and what time?". Advertisement shoots were some of his least favorites as they quickly became monotonous, not to mention the models and directors were often a pain to work with. Still, it was photography and it was money.

His boss handed him a stack that hadn't yet been pawned out to others in the firm, or rather they were probably the ones that no one else wanted. It was a fairly busy time for that kind of thing, what with the New Year's Shopping season soon upon them, not to mention just the general seasonal goods that wanted to use the natural backdrops that winter in the city provided.

"I was about to cancel this one that wants to do this afternoon, but since you're here, you can take it." His boss spoke making it clear that he was to take the assignment.

"Yes sir" Aki made a mock salute and left to make his way to the location.

The shoot went fairly well and finished on schedule. He returned to the office to sort through them and do some minor touch up work. He then submitted the finished products and turned them into his boss. His boss flipped through them and seeming satisfied dismissed him for the evening.

Back at the penthouse, everything was just as he'd left it, but as it was still early evening he honestly wasn't surprised that Asami wasn't and hadn't been there. He set to making dinner and once finished, with still no sign of Asami, sat down and ate by himself. Most nights were like this, the eating of dinner staggered or nonexistent. He'd put the leftovers in the fridge, ready to be reheated at any time.

As he packed up the food his eyes caught on the olive oil and his mind brought back a memory of the time Asami had "surprised" him while he was cooking. Dinner was ruined and it was no small miracle that nothing caught on fire. Still, it was a pleasant distraction, though he much preferred the couch to the counter. A smirk crossed his face that turned to a blush as he realized the lewdness of it all. It was probably best that what few guests they had didn't know about everything that had transpired in the common areas.

He dripped some of the oil onto his hand and ran his fingers over it, taking in the familiar aroma and bringing it closer to his face. He opened his mouth and ran his tongue over his fingers, his saliva mixing with the oil. He pulled them into his mouth and finished sucking off the oil. He opened his eyes, not realizing he'd closed them, and shook his head, removing his fingers. He stared at his hand as if it weren't his own. "Are you that desperate?" he spoke to himself, gripping his hand into a fist. He finished packing up the food and then went to take a shower.

Afterwards he sat in the living room and watched TV. The night grew later and struggling to stay awake he gave up and went to bed.

He awoke at a more decent hour, as he had two shoots to attend to today. The entryway still lacked any sign of Asami and the penthouse remained empty all but for him. As he went to prepare breakfast, he noticed something on the counter.

A small red envelope with his name on it. He was positive that hadn't been there the night before so someone must have put it there while he was sleeping. He picked it up and turned it over, it was fastened with Asami's seal. He opened it and pulled out a letter from inside. In a familiar refined scrawl was written "December 24th 7pm". He turned the paper over in his hands but there was nothing else on it. "Typical for him to be light on the details, I guess he wants to keep me guessing." Aki thought to himself.