[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 10

Hyde was left to unpack his own things himself in his room after they came back to the house, and he made sure to do it as tidily as possible to keep his place looking as orderly as he could. Though noone had ordered it outright to him yet, he was pretty sure he was supposed to keep the room clean and not make a mess of it; Tetsuya in particular looked like someone who had very high standards when it came to cleanliness.

Once he was done, however, he suddenly realized his owner hadn't told him what he was supposed to do next with his time. It was around 2 o'clock in the afternoon so supper was still a long while off. And he didn't feel it was right for him to stay in his room doing nothing, just waiting for someone to come and tell him something, so he carefully travelled down out of his room and, barefooted, made his way through the house in search of Tetsuya. The man hadn't told him where he would go when he had left Hyde in his room with the bags, but living-room sounded like a good place to start the search.

However, the room appeared to be empty when he entered it. Hyde was about to immediately turn around and search in other places, but suddenly changed his mind. He wanted to familiarize himself better with the house finally as he hadn't quite had the chance yet, so he thought it would be okay for him to look around here a little and he quietly shuffled further into the room.

Like the whole house, the big, bright room had a very elegant and high-society feel to it. Most of the furniture, including the cabinets, the book-cases, tables, the couch and the armchairs looked antique, except for the few electronic devices scattered around, but those mostly blended in perfectly as well. Before, Hyde had a certain preconception that antique furniture looked cold and uncomfortable. But now, especially since he no longer felt as afraid and lost as he had when he came to this room yesterday, Hyde actually found it to make the room feel warm and cozy. The boy stepped towards the bookshelves that lined one of the walls and slowly walked past them, looking at them and letting his fingers brush over the old and smooth wood they were made of. At the end of the row was the cabinet that, among other things, held the safe that Tetsuya had put Hyde's purchase documents in yesterday.

The wall opposite of the door to the room had huge windows and a heavy grand-piano stood in front of it. Hyde, of course, had noticed it before, but never in the state of mind to pay it any real attention. This time, however, he went closer for a bit, and though he was afraid to touch the instrument, he did wonder about its purpose. Did Tetsuya play? Or his assistant? Perhaps some of the slaves did, and Hyde suddenly wondered if he was expected to have some such skills as well. He didn't, of course: there had never been time in his life for such pursuits. The only skills he had was knowing how to plough or how to milk a cow...

Hyde shook his head and chased the thoughts away. There was no use wondering now, he would simply do whatever he was told to do. This was what he had decided for himself, no matter how much his nature rebelled against it. He simply didn't want to make his life harder by wasting his energy fighting something he had no way of escaping. He told himself he was doing the smart thing like that.

Suddenly not wishing to look at the piano anymore, Hyde whipped around and continued his circular tour of the room by heading towards the next wall, also with huge windows and..

“Hyde? I did not even notice you come in, you're so quiet...”

The slave literally jumped a few millimetres off the ground as he was so startled to hear someone talking, and quickly turned to face the source. Yukihiro was lounging on the couch that Hyde had sat on yesterday, some papers in his hands and glasses on his nose. The position he was in made sure that neither he could see the door into the room, nor someone entering the room would notice him, and Hyde had actually circled perfectly around the couch in a way that up until now, they hadn't been able to see each other. Of course, since he had been reading, the skinny man had been completely quiet and, possibly, absorbed in what he was reading enough that if Hyde had made any noise as he went through the room, he hadn't heard it.

“I-I'm sorry, I didn't mean to intrude,” Hyde immediately stuttered out apologetically, his heart still beating rapidly in his chest from the surprise.

“Don't be silly, Hyde, if I hadn't wanted to be disturbed, I would have simply stayed in my room and wouldn't have come to read in the living-room now, would I?” Yukihiro asked softly with an amused smile and Hyde's cheeks heated up, “No, I'm actually glad you came here. In fact I was about to go looking for you soon myself. Tetsuya told me you got your tattoo done today?” the man asked and Hyde nodded.

“He asked me if I could take care of it. It has to be cleaned up a bit a few hours after being done and then I will teach you how to take care of it over the next few days. Come,” he urged, sitting up himself and putting his papers away, “Sit beside me. I already brought the first aid kit in preparation.”

The skinny man smiled at him brilliantly then and Hyde immediately felt himself relaxing a little. It was really strange how nice all of these people were, and how kindly they treated him despite being slave trainers – people that always held the reputation for being cold and unscrupulous. It almost made it hard to remember why he was there and what actually happened to his life. He knew this would probably soon change, little by little, as his duties became clear to him and things would get demanded from him that would leave no shadow of doubt that he was a slave here, and that while these people were kind, they were still his actual owners.

But for now, Hyde saw no reason why he couldn't let himself just relax and do as told. Quickly, if a bit shyly, he stepped closer to the skinny man and gingerly sat down on the couch beside him, at the spot the man had indicated. Wordlessly, Yukihiro then motioned for him to give him his hand (Hyde had the impression that the a slaver assistant didn't really like talking all that much), and once the boy extended the limb towards him, the older man started carefully undoing the bandage that covered Hyde's wrist. The tiny boy had to bite his lip a little as it truly didn't feel nice and actually a bit painful, especially once the tattoo was completely exposed to the air and Yukihiro started to mutely clean the damaged flesh. The skin was a little swollen and red and covered in some wet stuff that came from the wounded area, but the mark was still clearly visible, his slave number written on his body in clear black ink.

Hyde wanted to look away immediately, he really did. It was still jarring to see this proof of his current stature in the world, making his stomach twist, making him a little sick. But he didn't succumb to the desire – he stared at the tattoo on purpose, trying to take it in and force his mind to accept it. There was no use running from the reality, and the faster he got used to this addition to his body, the better. Not to mention that he had to watch how Yukihiro treated it, so he would be able to do so himself later.

“Once I clean it up well now, the wound should start healing and the wetness that you saw earlier won't appear again, at least not as much – it was just how the body initially reacts to having the skin damaged,” Yukihiro finally spoke up then, putting away his cleaning tools and took out what looked like a potion bottle from the first aid kit, “All you'll have to do, perhaps twice a day, is to take off the bandages and cover the whole area in this ointment,” he said, opening the bottle and getting a swab of cotton, onto which he poured a little bit of the thick liquid from the bottle before starting to carefully move it over the tattoo, “It's something made especially for tattoo treatment, and it does wonders. In a couple of days, the skin should already be healed if still sensitive, and in a week's time you won't feel anything at all anymore. It might still hurt at the beginning though, so I will give you some painkillers just in case that you will be able to take if the pain gets too strong. Other than that, if it starts feeling weird and you start suspecting something is wrong, you should come and inform me or Tetsuya of it immediately. But that usually never happens, so you shouldn't worry.”

Hyde listened to all the information quietly, nodding at the end of the explanation to show that he understood. The ointment cooled the skin on his wrist and the effect didn't lessen after Yukihiro quietly re-wrapped the bandage around it, but it felt soothing and Hyde felt the pain and discomfort lessening by the second. Yukihiro then handed him the first aid kit so he would have the tools he needed to take care of the tattoo later and the boy took it with a soft thanks, feeling uncomfortable and tense again because he didn't really know what he was to do now, and because Yukihiro had left one of his hands on his knee after patting it casually when he finished his treatment. His reaction to the bodily contact didn't go unnoticed.

“You're always very aware of being touched, aren't you?” the skinny man asked with a frown, and Hyde tensed up even more because it sounded like a reprimand, “Tetsu-kun mentioned how he noticed that as well... Is there any particular reason for that?If it simply makes you uncomfortable, it's fine, we'll work through it. It's just better for us to be aware if there's some kind of... traumatic experience in your past that we'll have to deal with.”

Realizing what Yukihiro was asking about, Hyde couldn't help but pale a little and lowered his head after shaking it.

“No, it's... I guess I'm simply not used to it,” he answered timidly and Yukihiro nodded in understanding.

“That's alright, however you will have to try and get used to it pretty fast, for your own sake,” he said, and most likely on purpose didn't withdraw his hand from Hyde's knee, “Let's talk a little. I want to hear about everything you and Tetsuya did today, in detail.”

“Huh?” Hyde asked very eloquently, his confusion about the request apparent.

“I do know most of it already, but I'd like to hear it all from you,” Yukihiro answered, and Hyde realized this was most likely “standard procedure” for slave training as well, “It will help me get to know you to hear your reactions to things and the way you'll choose to tell it,” the skinny man continued explaining, “It's important for me to understand you quickly so we can work well together.”

Hyde nodded in understanding then and, a bit embarrassedly and haltingly, started telling the story. It wasn't exactly pleasant, especially to talk about the making of the tattoo and to explain about the potions that Tetsuya made him drink, and he blushed very strongly when he forced himself to tell the specifics about his visit to Megumi-san's place (Yukihiro asked for details after all). Thus he was actually glad once he was finished but it felt a little weird too. He waited for the assistant's reaction with almost baited breath, feeling as if he was about to hear whether he passed or failed some kind of test. Which was stupid, right? Yukihiro just asked him to talk to get a feel of his character, there hadn't been any requirements he was supposed to meet...

“You omitted the part where you and Tetsuya kissed,” the skinny man pointed out and Hyde froze – first from the surprise that Yukihiro knew about that (Tetsuya probably just told him about it among the other things), and then at the realization that he actually did forget to mention that. And Once he recovered from the surprise of it, he suddenly blushed furiously, “Why was that?”

The older man sounded simply curious and not angry, and that helped Hyde relax. A little. He still gripped the first aid kit in his hands very tightly.

“I...” he started, not really knowing what to say, “It wasn't... on purpose. I just.. I didn't think...” what? That it was relevant? Of course it was, “I'm sorry,” he settled on finally, “It just kind of... slipped my mind. I guess it's a bit too embarrassing for me to remember...” he admitted, and Yukihiro nodded, satisfied with his answer.

“But now that you do remember,” he probed further, “Tell me how did it feel?”

Hyde blushed and felt a little indignant inside. He already had to tell this to Tetsuya, why did he have to talk about it again?

But it was probably just that the older men were trying to make him get used to talking about these things so Hyde just resigned himself to having to speak about such things a lot from now on.

“It uhm... It felt weird and unusual at first but... But it was very nice,” he flushed even more, “A little overwhelming because I've never... I mean, I never kissed anyone before so...”

“So you don't have anything to compare it to?” Yukihiro interrupted him, and Hyde blushed, somehow, even more. He would soon be blushing purple if this continued.

“No! I mean, yes, I don't but... It wasn't... I wasn't going to...” Hyde was completely flustered and couldn't manage to speak properly at all anymore, but that just amused Yukihiro who seemed a little mischievous by now.

“Should I give you something like that then?” the skinny man asked and Hyde's eyes widened in shock and maybe just a little bit of fear.

“What?!” he squealed, and would have blushed further if his face wasn't already at its absolute limits as far as color red went.

“Yes, I think that would be a good idea right about now,” Yukihiro continued, completely ignoring the boy's surprise and, after squeezing the knee he still had his hand on, he slowly leaned in closer. Hyde stopped breathing and would have probably tried to lean away if his body hadn't been frozen at that point. This had simply gone in a direction he completely had not expected far too quickly, and soon he already felt Yukihiro's slightly dry lips on his own, kissing him just like Tetsuya had a few hours before. Without even thinking about it, Hyde's eyes fluttered closed and he found himself giving into the kiss, remembering his owner's words from last time. He just let the much more experienced than him man guide him through it, starting to relax while the assistant varied the pressure on his lips and opening his mouth shyly when he felt a tongue seeking entrance. Just like it had happened with Tetsuya, Hyde found his breath being stolen away and started feeling dizzy while Yukihiro expertly explored his mouth, licking over every crevice and sucking on his lips. Hyde only managed to move his own tongue a little bit in return, feeling far too overwhelmed again. But it felt... it felt really nice. Just like his kiss with Tetsuya it made his heart speed up and his body tingle from excitement. And as much as the kiss had surprised him in the beginning, now he didn't want it to end. But that was... that was good, right? That's what he would have to do as a slave, just let other people... kiss him whenever they wanted for example so... so it was good to simply give in. Even though it was strange and it felt a bit forbidden and wrong to do it with a man, and he was... surely he was supposed to be too young to enjoy this? Maybe there was something wrong with him? Good boys didn't... they didn't just allow older men ravish their mouths like that, and they didn't... they didn't get so excited from it. Just because he didn't have a choice but to let people do it, didn't mean it was good for him to actually enjoy it. Wasn't it.. wasn't it dirty, and wrong and just...

As his thoughts turned more and more confused, Hyde no longer was able to enjoy the kiss as much as before but it was soon over anyway, leaving the boy gasping for breath and trying to figure out what had just happened. Yukihiro really did kiss differently from Tetsuya, but it had been no less (perhaps grudgingly) pleasurable experience.

“I must say,” Yukihiro spoke up first, chuckling a little, “You really are quite impossible to resist. I don't normally end up kissing the slaves so soon after they get here but... Well, Tetsuya did it first anyway, so he can't complain,” he ended, brushing his fingers over Hyde's heated cheek with a slightly smug smile. Hyde just let out an embarrassed sort of sound, looking down to his lap and the first aid kit that he had clutched in his hands all through the experience. How did this happen so fast? Just one day ago he hadn't even known how kisses worked, and now he has already been kissed by two different men...

“Well, that will be enough for now, I suppose,” Yukihiro said dismissively, “You should probably return to your room and maybe read that book or finally write a letter to your sister,” he commented, and Hyde winced at the reminder that he had yet to do something that would reassure his sister a little, “We'll see each other during dinner. Don't be late,” the skinny man ordered and then simply went back to reading and writing on his papers, leaving Hyde no other choice but to leave, his mind bursting. The talk with Yukihiro surely gave him food for thought at the very least.