Debt Chapter 1

Chisaki POV

The thugs chased me down the street and into the alley-way. I didn't notice my mistake until I nearly collided with the wall in the dark. I had run myself straight into a dead-end. I heard the sinister laughs of the vile men closing in. Knives gleamed in the dark. Hot tears sprung from my eyes and I tried to plead with them. "P-please, I don't have any money!" The men drew closer, cackling and taunting. Then they heard the screech of tires as a classy black Mercedes pulled over at the mouth of the alley-way. I was roughly shoved onto the ground and I lifted a hand to shield my eyes from the bright headlights. There were whispers amongst the thugs; "the boss?" "Why's the boss here?". The whispers were soon dispersed when the man who had just arrived spoke. "Well, what do we have here?" I found the man's voice oddly calming considering the situation I was in. One of the thugs, a rough looking red-haired man, spoke up. "Young master, this kid here is the son of that Tanaka filth, he just offed 'imself recently. Figured we'd take the kid instead." The well dressed man sighed and stepped forward as the group parted. He extended a hand to the me and I hesitantly took it. The man held me close to him and addressed the group. "Very well. I'll take him from here." With that, he left, taking me with him, we got in the car. Once we had gotten moving, the man spoke up. "You. What's your name." He asked bluntly. It took me a moment to register this then I finally answered. "Ch-Chisaki." The man nodded. "Good, Chisaki, you can address me as master from now on, alright?" I nodded, keeping my eyes down, not daring to look up at him but I could feel his predator-like eyes on me the whole way.

When the car pulled into the manor I couldn't help but gawp at this monster of a house. I couldn't think how someone could possibly need a house so big. Before I had a chance to get a good look at everything, the man dragged me along by the wrist. As we walked, many maids and attendants greeted the man as "young master". Few cast pitiful glances at me and I couldn't quite figure out why. He continued to lead me along until we came to a parlor where he greeted a man who looked like him but older. "Aniki, this is Chisaki," he thought for a moment, a grin growing on his face, "my new toy." The older man laughed. "Geez Shouya, where's your humanity? The poor kid." He ruffled my hair but I kept my head down, careful not to make eye contact with anyone. The man, Shouya, sighed. "Well, I'm going to get him situated, we'll be down for dinner later." The other man nodded and then we left. I was dragged up some stairs and eventually we got to a room that had to be his. I had just worked up the courage to ask a question I had been stewing on when I was roughly thrown onto the bed, Shouya pinned me beneath him.

Shouya POV

I had no idea that the scum of a man, Tanaka, had produced such an adorable kid. In fact I'd had only briefly known he had a kid at all, however, when I went out tonight, I had gotten far better than what I came for. I went to collect a debt from the greasy old man only to find that such a pig-like creature was gone and all he left behind was his angelic son. Which I didn't mind. He looked up at me with confusion in his innocent hazel eyes. I leaned in close and he looked away, as if escaping my gaze was escaping the situation. "Chisaki..." I whispered in his ear and I felt him shiver beneath me. "Chisaki do you understand your situation right now?" He shook his head slightly, still avoiding looking at me. "Chisaki, now that your father has gone, the debt he owed has been passed on to you." I could see the panic in his eyes when he finally looked up at me. "But I-I don't have any money, or anything valuable!" I sighed. His innocence was really too adorable. "Well, if you can't pay me with money, then you'll have to pay me another way." I had to admit, I was enjoying teasing him. "H-How, I'll do anything!" I smirked. Terrible choice of words there. "Anything?" I teased. I saw resolve settle on his face. "Yes. A-Anything!" I found him trying to be brave unbearably cute so I decided to tell him. "Chisaki Tanaka, sell your body to me!"

\~later, at dinner\~

Chisaki POV

Shouya and the man I think is his older brother make small talk and laugh but I can't really follow their conversation. I'm too distracted by what happened earlier. I pick at my food as I go over the events of my day. First of all, I left home for a few hours after an....incident with my father. When I arrived home later I found him dead and a gang of thugs chased me down but I was saved by this man. This man who then told me I had a debt to him and I must pay it with my body. After he said that, he told me to 'think about it' and then he left. Now he's acting like nothing happened! "saki, Chisaki!" Crap. I hadn't noticed him calling my name. "Y-Yes?" I stared at my plate, avoiding eye-contact with him until he pulled my face toward his, forcing me to look at him. When I thought he was going to stop there he didn't, bringing our faces closer and closer. Was he going to kiss me?! I squeezed my eyes shut and waited but nothing happened. That was, until I felt his lips brush against my cheek slightly. I slowly opened my eyes. "You had food there." He smirked while pointing at the spot on my face he had licked. My hand shot up to cover my face and I felt a hot blush creep up. "Get a room you two!" Shouya's brother yelled across the table, chuckling. This only worsened my blush whereas Shouya seemed unaffected and just smiled politely before returning to conversation. I tried to calm myself down an keep from blushing. I had to endure the rest of the meal with sneaky touches and seductive glances from Shouya, so by the end of it, I was just about ready for the ground to swallow me up. Thankfully, after the meal I was left in the care of the maids who showed me to a rather lavish guest room and helped me get what I needed. After everything had calmed down, I decided to go down stairs to use the bath, I figured Shouya would be asleep by now. When I was done washing I slipped into the hot water and let out a huge sigh. It had felt like so long since I had a bath last. The hot water so inviting, enveloping me in its fragrant steam. I was just about lost in my tranquility when I heard a sound. "H-Hello? I-Is someone there?" I called out into the seemingly empty bathroom. I guess it was just my imagination, I decide, I have been on edge lately. I relax back into the water. Just as I am about to slip back into my calm, I feel arms wrap around my torso from behind. I let out a surprised squeak and I was just about to struggle when I saw who the arms belonged to. "M-Master? I thought you were asleep." He shook his head. "No, I never sleep this early." He spoke quietly into my ear. I calmed down and relaxed into his arms. "Well, Chisaki, have you considered my proposal?" I froze. I had forgotten about that. I didn't know what to do. It was either work a dead end job and pay my whole life or become this man's 'toy' for one year. "I, um, I-" he cut me off. "I understand this is a tough decision, I am willing to give you one month to decide." I thought about it for a while before shifting to face him. "There's no way I'm going to be able to pay it off in my lifetime, and I won't have this passed to someone else in my family. I-I'll, um-" He put up his hand and I went quiet. He closed his eyes and sighed before opening his eyes again. "Good. I'll organise paperwork. For now, let's just enjoy the bath." He seemed to smile a little, although it was more like a smirk. I soon found out why.

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