[Laruku] [Tetsuhai] Taste of Love

[radhaj]

Rating: NC-17
Disclaimer: Those people are not mine. I only wish they were
Warnings: All sorts of ickness: slavery, bdsm, bondage, all sorts of kinks, including the fact that Hyde is a minor in this one. Like, really a minor. You have been warned.
Summary: In a country where slavery is the main source of income, Hideto sacrifices his own freedom to protect his sister's. Young and impressionable, he finds himself giving his trust to the kind slave trainer that bought him, but there is no hope anymore for the inexperienced boy to ever experience what love is now that he's no longer in control of his own life... or is there?


Chapter 6

When he had been snatched away from his home, leaving his sister on the floor, crying in despair, Hyde had truly thought that that would be the last time he ever saw or heard from her. That's what slavery meant to him: he thought he would be pretty much kept in a cage and would never see anyone but his Master, whoever that would be, again. But ever since Tetsuya bought him, he found out more and more how wrong that was after all, about so many different things. However, being allowed to write his sister was by far the biggest shock he had received.

Only, once he got over his initial shock and almost ran back to his room after getting everything he was supposed to from the living room, he sat down intending to write a letter to her immediately, but realized he didn't know what to say.

Hi. I'm fine. The dinner was delicious. My new Master said he won't have sex with me right away, and he also allowed me to write you. Miss you lots.

That hardly sounded right.

Not only was it hard to put everything he went through in such short time into words, but he also didn't know how much he should say. And then, Tetsuya also said he was allowed to write his sister for now, which probably meant he'd have to stop at some point. If not here, then when he was sold again, his new Master probably won't bother at all. And Hyde didn't know how he would be able to say goodbye to his sister then. Maybe it was not even worth the heartbreak to restart the contact only to end it at some point again.

Only of course it was. He was sure his sister was worried as hell, and it truly wasn't as bad as they both expected it, and she deserved to be at least reassured of that.

But for now, he truly didn't know how or what to write, so after sitting in front of a blank paper for half an hour or so, Hyde finally decided to go and lie down on the bed, turn on the light on the night-stand and started reading the book.

He had been oddly relieved when Tetsuya told him to get it. The experience at dinner tonight had been far more stressful than it could have been after all, and he was eager to learn everything that would help him get better at it in the future. So even though the book was boring and used very dry language, Hyde continued reading it for the rest of the evening, trying to remember as much as he could.

He didn't know how much time had passed with him carefully reading and re-reading every sentence, before suddenly, without a knock, his door was opened and Tetsuya stepped in. Hyde was so startled he almost dropped the book at first, then quickly put it away on purpose, and finally got worried because he didn't know if he was supposed to stand up, or maybe bow when his owner entered the room. Tetsuya didn't say anything to him about that, however, just quickly glanced around the room, his eyes lingering a bit on the empty sheet of paper that Hyde had left on the table, seemingly making his own conclusions about it, but not looking surprised at all.

“Sir?” Hyde finally spoke up, timidly, and Tetsuya finally looked at him again. His expression, which looked rather glum from the side in the low light of the small lamp, turned out to be just as gentle and calming as ever when the man faced him.

“You shouldn't close the door unless you're sleeping,” the older man noted softly, “Though you'll get to know all that when you read your rules tomorrow. I actually just came over to say two other things. First: lights-out is at 11 pm each night, if you don't have training. No exceptions. And you should always wake up at 7 am. The second thing is... The walls aren't completely sound-proof in this house. It shouldn't keep you up, but keep in mind, there are two others getting trained in this house now, and they're much further along than you. If you hear anything, don't worry about it and just ignore it. Okay?”

It took Hyde a moment longer than it maybe should have to realize what his owner was talking about, but when he did he immediately flushed very bright red. So... Tetsuya and maybe Yukihiro too would be... just a room or so over...

He gulped, still blushing incredibly, but forced himself to nod. Tetsuya must have found it amusing for some reason, for he chuckled a bit and stepped even closer, reaching out to cup Hyde's cheek which made the boy freeze a little, unable to predict the man's intentions. But Tetsuya only brushed his thumb over the reddened skin before letting go again.

“You might be rather mature for your age, and take a lot of things that would make others panic in stride, but you're so very innocent when it comes to matters of the body. That is so adorable and yet so tempting. It will be such a pleasure for me to introduce you to all that.”

Was it just Hyde, or did Tetsuya's smile turn into something more... raw and hungry suddenly? And was it just him, or was it getting hotter in the room with every second?

“And we should start, first of all, by getting you comfortable with your body,” Tetsuya continued, turning a little slyly thoughtful, “I don't have any fitting sleeping clothes to give you, but that is just as well. I'd like you to sleep naked, so you can get used to it bit by bit. Take those clothes off.”

'In front of you?!' Hyde wanted to protest, but knew that was ridiculous. Of course, Tetsuya owned him and Hyde would be naked before him sooner or later anyway, why not now?

“Now?” he tried, instead, “It's only 10 pm, I wasn't going to sleep yet,” he said, self consciously tugging on the rolled up ends of his sleeves. But Tetsuya didn't even blink.

“You should, already. You had a long day, and another like that waiting for you tomorrow. You need to rest. Now do as I say,” he ordered more directly, and there was no room left for arguing anymore. A bit unwillingly and a lot shyly, Hyde put away the book onto the night-stand completely and slid off the bed onto the floor, standing up. Tetsuya obviously had no intention to look away even for a second, so Hyde screwed his own eyes shut tightly and as quickly and unthinkingly as he could, started undressing, first getting rid of the shirt, then of the pants. He wavered just a moment when it came to the underwear, but he knew Tetsuya would demand them to come off as well anyway, so he decided to just be done with it and quickly let them fall to his feet as well.

For a little after that, Hyde stood completely tense and taking deep breaths, eyes still squeezed shut. But after a few seconds passed with no reaction from Tetsuya, he carefully opened his eyes to find, surprisingly, Tetsuya was not staring at his naked body, but rather smiling again, looking at his face.

“Nothing happened, see?” the older man spoke calmingly then, “It wasn't that difficult at all. Those are just clothes, and this is your body, and you don't need to be embarrassed about it being looked at. It is absolutely beautiful.”

He did look down then, letting Hyde see how he looked him over very obviously, even stroking his bare side with his fingers at some point after stepping closer. Hyde shivered, but realized that he was no longer nearly as tense as he had been before. Somehow, the way Tetsuya acted now was just truly calming. Unlike in the Market, Hyde didn't feel like an exhibit on display, or an animal being measured up. Tetsuya's eyes showed honest appreciation of something he apparently found beautiful, and he didn't make this whole experience feel indecent or dirty either. Hyde still felt incredibly self-conscious, he still had to force himself to keep his hands away from trying to cover himself up a bit, and he would have loved to be allowed to dress again, after all. But he was somehow dealing with it. It made sense, he told himself. He had to get used to being naked, so why not sleep like this? Why not start from little things?

“Hmmm,” Tetsuya drew out, after at least a minute of staring at his new purchase. He even sounded mesmerized, and it seemed like he had trouble finally tearing his gaze away. Hyde flushed just a bit more again when their eyes met, “It's a good thing I don't lack distractions here. Otherwise, I don't know how I would force myself to leave you tonight,” he winked at Hyde, who looked away, not able to take the embarrassment anymore. He wasn't anything special, right? Some people have told him he was cute or pretty a few times, but it was just what everyone told kids, wasn't it?

But right now, Tetsuya made him feel special.

“Put your clothes away neatly,” Tetsuya ordered him casually then, stepping back, but thankful for some distraction Hyde rushed to do it as fast as possible, “As I told you before, we have a lot of business to take care of in the city tomorrow, so I'll be taking you there after breakfast. Which you should come down to eat at 7:30.”

Done with the clothes already, and taking Tetsuya's urging to go to sleep already as permission, Hyde went back to his bed and quickly slipped under covers, hiding his body under them and looking up.

“I'll make sure to do everything as told, Sir,” he whispered quietly, gripping the blankets tightly with his fingers, trying to hold himself back from asking for something “But...”

He was scared, alone, away from home and he felt so very lost. He missed his sister, even though it was only his second night away from her with thousands to follow. He was so overwhelmed with all that's been happening, with how suddenly his life got turned upside down. He desperately needed some comfort. And this man had been kind to him. Yes, he bought him, and he made no secret of the things he'll soon be doing to him, but he was nice, and Hyde thought he had behaved very well the whole day, so maybe...

“Yes, Hyde?” Tetsuya urged him when he didn't continue after a few moments of silence. Hyde looked up at the taller man for a bit, but then couldn't help but look to the side again before he decided it was worth a try at least.

“My sister,” he started, whispering barely audibly, “She always tucked me in and kissed me on the forehead before we went to sleep. And my mom always did it before her,” he explained, blushing, embarrassed for an entirely different reason now. He sounded like a kid, didn't he? It was a bad idea to tell this after all, he should have just let Tetsuya leave and slept...

Suddenly, there was a hand brushing his hair behind his ear and Hyde winced. The touch was so gentle, again.

“Just this once,” came the other's voice, “Lie down.”

Hyde smiled timidly, his heart beating a little faster again, and sunk down properly. but since he was still unable to make himself look up at the other man he just closed his eyes already. Soon, hands were carefully and quite thoroughly tucking him in, and after that was taken care of, Hyde felt someone coming close, and there were lips pressing against his forehead. They were different from his sister's, or his mother's. Just as soft, but maybe slightly bigger, or thicker, and somehow the feeling from the kiss itself wasn't the same. Less platonic, even though it was so small.

But none of it was in a bad way.

“Goodnight, Sir,” he whispered happily, smiling a little, his eyes still closed.

“Goodnight, Hideto,” came a soft answer and the boy could hear how the man turned the light off, walked out of the room and closed the door, leaving him to sleep finally. The familiar ritual, even if from another person, did make the petite man relax and he had little trouble sinking into sleep.

But not before with puzzlement he realized that Tetsuya had called him Hideto. But maybe it fit.

Goodnight, Hideto.

Hyde will be the one to wake up tomorrow.