[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 15

Hyde's dreams were filled with a blur of invading hands and long, slender, slightly calloused fingers.

That led to sleep that wasn't really that restful, making the boy toss and turn in his sleep as his mind was flooded by unfamiliar imagery and sensations. When the alarm clock finally went off at the fixed time of seven in the morning, the small boy immediately startled awake, his eyes opening quickly and his hand shooting out to silence the shrill beeping. There was a lingering feeling of anxiety in his chest, confusing him as the details of the dreams he just had left his memory in a flash already, leaving the reason for the feeling a mystery to him.

He took a deep breath and tried to relax back for a few moments, letting his body wake up at its own pace while his mind took in the situation. It was still a bit of a surprise to realize he was naked under the covers as it had only been his second night like that. But this time his brain also registered another weird thing that hadn't been there even yesterday: his skin felt strangely soft to him. He frowned as his sleepy mind hinted that there was a reason for that, and suddenly last evening rushed back to him, making him remember the massage and the slick oil that was most likely the cause of the current softness of his skin.

A sudden heat of embarrassment washed over him at the images the memory summoned into his mind, and in a burst of childish need to hide even though there was noone else in the room with him, Hyde threw the blanket over his head and curled up under it, shivering slightly in the darkness that now surrounded him.

That's right. The massage. Unbidden, ghost sensation of hands sliding over his body flooded onto him and he trembled more strongly, a heat gathering in his body that his innocent mind couldn't yet recognize.

He had gone straight to sleep yesterday after Tetsuya left his room, his body and mind relaxed enough after the massage to slip into dreamland very quickly. But now that he thought back to it, he couldn't feel even half as calm as Tetsuya had managed to make him then.

The older man had touched him, explored his body with his own fingers, skin on skin, even going to places that still made the slave blush while merely thinking of it, places that he never thought he'd be touched at before. And it hadn't felt bad, Hyde had to admit that. It made him incredibly embarrassed, but it hadn't felt bad and wasn't that the entire purpose of this? Making Hyde understand on a deeper level that being touched by his Master was okay; later – even something to be sought after? Of course, the boy was nowhere near that yet, but the first step had definitely been taken. And if that wasn't proof of how well his owner had thought out the process, and how capable of guiding him into his new life Tetsuya was, then Hyde didn't know what was. And that was relieving on its own.

Slowly, Hyde tugged the blanket down and away from his face again, breathing in the cooler air of the room once his nose was exposed to it again. The blush also receded from his face and he finally felt ready to face the day after that encouraging thought had come to him. Speaking of which, however...

Hyde glanced at the clock again and then winced when he realized he had spent far too much time just lounging around in his bed. Quickly, he got up, gathered everything he needed and headed for the shower. He knew his first tasks would be waiting for him today, and he also had to read through the rules again at least once each morning before going to have breakfast, and there wasn't that much time for him to do all of that left.

He rushed through the shower as much as he could while still scrubbing the remnants of the oil off of his skin, then hurriedly brushed his teeth and hair before dressing himself in the same clothes he wore yesterday – he still only had the one set that fit him, after all, although fortunately they bought underwear for him separately. Not that Hyde truly felt bad wearing the same clothes two days in a row – it wasn't like he had that many clothes in his possession when he was still free and worked the fields with his sister.

The thought of his sister made him hurry even more, as he got excited over the possibility that a response to his letter might already be waiting for him. It was unlikely, he knew, but he couldn't help but hope for it.

He quickly returned to his room after that and took a couple of minutes to make his bed and tidy up any other mess before finally making his way downstairs, heading straight for the notice board. Since he was truly anxious and curious about it, he first looked at the schedule that was, as promised, already prepared for him. However, unlike Tia's and May's schedules, which he could see with the corner of his eyes, his schedule was almost disappointingly short. Today, for example, instead of listing specified tasks it had him follow and assist Tia while she showed him how to do things that he would only later be supposed to do by himself.

That made sense, of course, since Hyde had to learn somehow. But Hyde had somehow expected something else – perhaps more interaction with either one of the trainers, or some learning courses beside the menial tasks, since Tetsuya had mentioned he would sign him up for them. Something less... boring. Maybe those would only come later, however, he shrugged to himself. He shouldn't have expected some courses to conveniently start on his first day of training...

Shrugging the small disappointment off, Hyde then carefully read through the rules as Tetsuya had told him to, trying to memorize them better. Anew one was added since yesterday too, one specifying when exactly he had to ask for permission before entering or leaving a room, and he added that to his mental list. When he was finally done, it was just in time for him to get to the dining room without being late for breakfast. Only the door to the room, unlike yesterday, was closed. Hyde blinked in surprise, before realizing this was likely a test to see if he read through the rules. He smiled and lifted his hand to knock – closed doors meant a need for permission for him.

Tetsuya's muffled voice was the one telling him to enter, and Hyde quickly did so, immediately giving a small bow to greet both his owner and Yukihiro who was also sitting by the table already. Only then did he allow himself to glance, quickly, at Tetsuya's face, barely catching the small, satisfied smile-half-smirk on it. Apparently, it really had been a test, and he just passed it.

“Good morning,” he finally said quietly, timidly going to, by now, his usual place at Tetsuya's side and sitting down. Yukihiro barely made and agreeing noise behind the newspaper that he was reading and Hyde only just managed to catch a glimpse of Tia flashing him a smile, before his whole attention was captured by Tetsuya.

“Good morning,” the older man answered cheerfully, sounding like he was in a good mood that morning, and suddenly leaning in closer. Hyde's eyes widened in shock when he felt those, by now slightly familiar, lips touching his own. A kiss, now? Was it... was this some sort of regular morning thing that Tetsuya would do now, to make him get used to being kissed?

Not that Hyde would have any say in this if he didn't want that. In general, he realized as he let his eyes flutter closed, he was thinking about these things too deeply, trying to figure out the goal of each action when in reality, he should just concentrate on accepting what his owner did without analysing those things. So instead of thinking further about why, Hyde let himself melt into the kiss and concentrate on how it felt. Tetsuya's lips were as soft as he remembered them, and although the realization that he was being kissed in front of other people he knew made him blush violently, Hyde actually otherwise enjoyed it very much. The soft, but insistent pressure on his lips, the warmth radiating from the taller man, a brief lick of tongue over his lips so quick that Hyde almost thought he might have imagined it... It made him feel a little lost for what to do, still, but it was undeniably weirdly pleasant as well.

But then it was over just as suddenly as it started, without the slave trainer deepening it or drawing it out, and Hyde was left in a temporary daze, not noticing neither Tia's soft giggle at his almost comically innocent reaction, nor the look Tetsuya threw at her, silencing her so she would not make Hyde feel further embarrassed. By the time Hyde finally came back to himself, his fingertips subconsciously touching his own lips, Tetsuya was already spreading butter over a piece of warm toast as if nothing had happened, and Yukihiro had yet to look up even once during the entire commotion.

“So how are you this morning?” Tetsuya then asked casually, “I trust you checked on your schedule?”

“Yes, Sir,” Hyde answered, finally spurring into action to get his own breakfast, but not before nodding at Tia in shy acknowledgement, “I hope I won't be much trouble to you, Tia-senpai,” he said politely, getting another smile in response. Only then he suddenly realized that they were one person short in the room, “Huh?” he let out in his confusion, “Where is May-senpai?” he asked before he could even think about it.

“I let her sleep in a bit this morning,” Tetsuya explained just as casually, “We had a... late night with her.”

“Oh,” Hyde reacted a little stupidly, and then his face darkened with an impossibly bright blush as he actually grasped the meaning of those words. Did Tetsuya... after giving him the massage... “Oh,” he repeated, his voice breaking a little in the enormity of the embarrassment that he suddenly felt. Did Tetsuya actually... because of the massage, even?..

Tia let out another soft giggle and this time Tetsuya barely rolled his eyes at it, no longer bothering to silence her. Still violently red at the face, Hyde made sure to no longer say anything and just eat to make sure he wouldn't ask anything more. He had enough blushing for the morning.