Darker Than Love

AS YOU LIE AWAKE

Ito Yamazaki walks out of his office wearing a deep scowl on his face as he leaves his building.

The winter season is finally coming into this country, and it has already begun putting a drastic drop in today's temperature. It became harder now to just walk outside for a few minutes because of the frosty weather. Ito Yamazaki lets out another short sigh when he walks out of the front gates of the establishment and heads to where his car has been parked. He finally begins to feel all the weariness from the past few days as the exhaustion gradually seeps into his body.

He needs more sleep.

Rushing his way to reach his limousine, he immediately notices one guy from his errands men approaching him from a near distance. Ito stops in his tracks to look at the tall figure of a man wearing a black hat and suit. Their eyes immediately meet, and Ito quickly juts his jaw at him. The man tips his hat and stares back to read his eyes. And when Ito starts walking again to get into the limousine, he pauses by the door for a second to turn and glance at the man again.

He tilts his head to one side. And the man just responds with a nod.

One of the men following Ito also opens the backdoor of the car for him, Ito just gets in. While through the door on the other side, the man in the black suit also enters the vehicle.

The car engine just keeps running with Ito's men still standing on guard outside the car, while he and the other man with him inside it, finally begin their conversation.

"Seeing that you've finally come to show yourself to me, does that mean that woman's still alive?"

Ito no longer even cares if that Aoi Chiba has already gotten herself killed this time. Or if she was anywhere near lucky enough, she could just be trapped in that place. It's all her fault, anyway. Yet he sees no point anymore in relying on that useless girl. The promotion was already done, and Kenji is now on the seat. Ito Yamazaki could only watch all of this happen from afar with heavy resentment and anger still weighing heavier inside him. It was all but inevitable, yet that still does not mean Ito will just stop and surrender here.

He knows he just needs to wait for the right moment. Good things would only come if he tries to be more patient.

"She's still alive, boss."

Well, she was lucky. And Ito is not even surprised at all, since he kind of expects it was going to be that way. He already knows it would be unlikely that she would get killed by Yanagi. That man is just too soft when it comes to women. But knowing that she has still managed to dupe that bastard also changes a lot of things now.

"Can we still trust that woman?"

Ito is still in doubt with that woman but if she somehow happens to be a great help to the plan, then maybe he could still use her. And perhaps at the same time, Ito could also use her to finally drag Yanagi down the ladder without him having to risk so much as well.

"We are still trying to reach her for now, and we might need a little more time to make her move inside the red. But I already think she could still do it, Boss," the man just replies in a calm voice, "She could be a good bait to manipulate the Y."

Really? Ito immediately smirks in amusement at the insinuating statement that has been provided by his intel. And if what he just said turns out to be true, would that be all really worth it?

"Just do what you got to do, we're not in a rush here," Ito eventually remarks, turning his head to give the man a sidelong glance, "But if that woman becomes more of a problem, just get rid of her. Let that son of a b***h mourn her death for all I care. At least, even for a small price, she could do us good. Either way, she would be our heartwarming gift to that bastard to let him know we could still hurt him in the end."

Just like how Ito had already done from a few years back when he had first seen Kenji and realized the hatred in his heart. The unbearable look of misery on that bastard's face that Ito had also seen with his own eyes. He wanted to see it again. And if he can't really kill Kenji Yanagi in any other way, then he will just let that bastard suffer all the loss and grief for his entire life. Ito Yamazaki will make sure that Kenji will always be haunted down by that torturing pain until the day he dies.

Until both of them becomes insane. He will never really stop.

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Kenji Yanagi came home soaked in blood again. The smell instantly fills the room. It has already been like that for the past three consecutive nights and Aoi Chiba would always wake up at the exact moment he enters the bedroom. He does not even try to remove his stained clothes when he comes in that when Aoi gets up from where she has been resting on the bed, she would just obligingly move to where he stands, looking tired and anxious, and she just silently takes his shirt off.

There will be no words, however. Aoi Chiba would just calmly get a basin and a towel from the bathroom and tries to clean the remaining dirt off of his skin. Whereas, Kenji who would always look lost in his own thoughts will just sit beside her on the bed to let her do everything. But when it is all over, he would immediately stand and leave again, taking the basin, the soiled clothes, and the towel with him to the bathroom.

For the past three nights, that would always be the case but tonight, Aoi Chiba suddenly changes it.

Instead of staying on the bed where she would just return back to sleep without waiting for Kenji to come out of the bathroom, she has followed him this time. It takes him by surprise when she suddenly appears in the doorway before he could even close the door behind him that he instantly drops the basin on the tiled floor.

"What are you doing?"

His voice comes out surprisingly strangled and harsher when he directly glares back at her. He quickly bends down to pick up the basin near his feet but Aoi Chiba still does not respond to him until she walks in and closes the door shut with both of them now inside the huge bathroom.

"What the hell are you planning to do here, Miss Chiba?"

He does not want to raise his voice yet, but he is almost on the brink of losing control. He could not even bring himself not to notice the thin fabric of her nightgown hugging every curve of her luscious body. This is so bad, Kenji tries to warn himself. He gulps and clenches his jaw. He flares his nose and deliberately avoids meeting her eyes so he could calm himself down.

"Kiss me."

For a second there, Kenji suddenly feels everything has just stopped moving around him. He could not even hear anything else right after she spoke. He does not really want to acknowledge the words he just heard and he forces himself to think that he mistook it. Yet his eyes eventually betray him when they move back to glance at her body and face. She is still staring at him with that strong intent shown in her gaze.

"Kiss me," she repeats it again. But this time, she purposely tilts her head back a little, as if she wants to tempt him.

Kenji gets more frustrated and annoyed while his head just suddenly becomes even more muddled with an uncontrollable desire. Yet he still tries to remain unmoved from where he stands a few steps away from her. And for a few seconds, no one attempts to speak nor even make any noise.

"Get out of here."

It takes every fiber of his tensed body to force himself and speak those words at her. And Kenji bites the flesh on the inside of his lip so hard he could not feel the pain anymore. He does not even flinch when he starts tasting blood from it as he keeps himself guarded in front of Aoi. But he already feels his heart racing and swaying through the coldness filling the air in the room that has already become so hot and stuffy around him. He wants to chase her away but he can't even move any muscle in his body.

"I won't leave," Aoi finally speaks up with a soft, silky tone as she hesitantly takes a step closer towards him. And by quick reflex, Kenji moves back so alarmingly away from her with a wary look on his face.

"I don't care if you don't like me," she goes on, her eyes still focused on him as she takes another step forward, "Just kiss me, Yanagi."

"No."

He backs away again.

"Please," she still insists.

"Why?"

He stops and does not try to pull away anymore after he said that word. Aoi has also stopped moving, and they are only a few more inches apart from each other now. They could almost feel the heat from each other's bodies in that proximity. Kenji could smell her scent, with the heady fragrance making him dizzier and weaker as it hovers his senses.

"Why are you doing this?" Kenji asks again, though it has been more of a thoughtful question that had popped up inside his head. And before he could even stop himself, his face is already leaning down towards hers.

"Because I'm lonely," she just answers him, her hot breath faintly fanning right over his jaw with her voice muttering softly and lightly at him like a lullaby, "You're lonely, Kenji. I know. So even just for tonight, let me just..."

She pauses for a second, her lips grazing against his. Her eyes slowly closing as he moves closer inch by inch.

"... Comfort you, Kenji. Let me comfort you tonight."

With those words meekly murmured towards him, he immediately gives into the desire.

And the kiss... is so wild. 

That it passionately just consumes the two of them, making them forget the entire world in an instant. For tonight, this will be all about the two of them. Just for tonight, at least, let them comfort one other's loneliness.

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He pushes her back against the wall pinning her into the suffocating comfort of his arms and broad chest. Unconstrained and completely unable to control his hunger, Kenji lets himself be swayed by his own selfish need to fill in the void inside his chest that he desperately wants to disappear. He quickly succumbs to the uncertain gravity that is pulling him towards Aoi as he dives deeper to get more of her intoxicating taste. And when she eventually gives him an opening, he aggressively sucks on her bottom lip, biting the luscious flesh between his teeth, and immediately feels himself getting even more electrified when she suddenly lets out a soft moan.

"Bed," she subconsciously whispers in between her gasps and hitches as she roughly starts to rub her groin against his leg.

In the course of all the biting, kissing, and the heavy breathing, that short yet almost inaudible word just immediately registers into Kenji's head as he willingly indulges to her favor and quickly pulls her body with him, still set on not breaking their contact as he sightlessly tries to feel for the doorknob behind her so he could take the two of them back to the bedroom.

Bam.

The sound of the wooden door hitting the hard wall outside the bathroom, as it has been opened so abruptly and forcefully, just loudly echoes all over the room in a jolting crash. But even with its startling noise that has blasted violently into their ears, it still did not do anything to halt the frantic and vigorous movements between Kenji and Aoi as they hurriedly stumble their way towards the bed across the place until they finally manage to reach it in a lousy rush. And when Aoi eventually hits the edge of the bed by the back of her knees she deliberately turns her body around, pushing Kenji with her to switch their sides. And when she gets him to her spot beside the bed, she quickly shoves him down to the mattress.

Unable to see that one coming, Kenji immediately loses his balance as he bounces down on the bed. He then lets himself lie down with his eyes completely dazed and looking kind of anxious for a second before it slowly turns into a deep penetrating look filled with wanton need as he stares up to give Aoi a longing gaze. She gives him a seductive smirk as well, blatantly opening the seams of her lips when she meets his eyes. She even runs the tip of her tongue across it all the while making him more turned on. And then, with all her intentional show, she slowly gives him a striptease.

The thin flimsy nightgown that has been covering her until then just immediately falls down to the floor and she leaves it there in complete abandon. She now stands almost bared in front of him, with only the small patch of her white thong barely hiding anything of her clean-shaven apex.

At this point, they both already know where this all is actually leading them to, but neither of them is still making any move to stop everything before it eventually gets too late.

The only thing that keeps playing inside their heads is their unstoppable desire to get rid of that increasing emptiness inside their hearts. All the pain, the frustration, and the loneliness that has been keeping them cold for so many months... They just want to get it all over and done.

"Come here," Kenji finally speaks over the heated atmosphere slowly rising between them, cutting off the complete silence. He could feel his eyes getting heavier as he sucks in his breath so loudly, feeling his mouth drying up while he keeps his eyes glued towards her body.

Aoi just silently does at his command as well, shutting off all of the unfavored warning signals ringing in her head as she bends down, crawling over the bed above him until their faces get closer. A breath away and she could almost kiss him again but Aoi still revels in the thrill of her building lust as she lets her hands glide across the length of his arms until they both rest over his muscled chest.

She feels the strong pounding of his heart over his skin. It almost goes in sync with hers and she flushes upon realizing it.

"Make me yours, tonight," she boldly says to him, their eyes staring deeply into one another. And just like a violent switch turning on, Kenji quickly claims her lips as if it already stands as his response to her words.

They delve into the impulse, the heavy emotions driving them both to let their own personal thirst be quenched by each other's warmth. It is not just the comfort, not just the kisses and the hard growing arousal they could feel between them, but the presence. The fact that they could rely on each other even for this one single night. If it is for just one short moment, in this dark and cold room, they could finally seek some consolation.

Although they already knew this is only a temporary thing, they no longer care.

There is nothing consciously wrong with letting yourself be drawn towards the flame for once. If you know you could still manage to get rid of it. It will be okay... As long as it does not affect you emotionally.

But Aoi knows this is not a reasonable excuse. Yet despite realizing that, she still clings on him like a moth, as if he is the fire that is pulling her to the dangers of this temptation. Could she actually seduce him? Well, she just did that, but it does not feel really anything like it. In fact, it actually feels more of the complete opposite.

How can she not feel anything? When he kisses her this hard and so fervently that when she almost tries to pull away from him, he just reels her back in with those soft, gentle suckles. It immediately melts her whole body and soul and she eventually forgets her real purpose. She is slowly turning soft and almost letting herself be dominated by him. He touches her in so many places, marks her with his hard and unrestrained kisses, and fills her heavily with so much warmth and irresoluble lust.

He is insatiable in so many ways. His way of making women completely submissive effectively mesmerizes her that she gradually forgets what she has to do. Aoi does not expect it. She never wants to be this weak but he makes her feel so much that she could actually cry. How can this man just make her feel so good yet horribly regretful at the same time?

"Aoi..."

Even his voice makes her chest ache so painfully as it also gets swallowed by this hot, blazing fire of temptation burning from the pit of her stomach. She loses entirely... All the reasons just went out of her head and before she even knows it, he has her pinned down already, completely entrapped underneath him.

"I'll make you mine, tonight."

He speaks of this word just as he closes the gap between them again. He drives his tongue in as she opens her mouth submissively, unable to restraint the ongoing hunger inside her. She feels him moving his hand from her breast down to her thighs. He runs a finger down to her hips this time and when she expects him to go closer to her groin, he suddenly moves back up only to tease her n****e again.

Aoi could no longer control her moans as they grow louder and she desperately tries to push her hips against his. His mouth leaves her lips as he slowly runs wet kisses until he shifts to the side to kiss her neck. He breathes her in, he feels himself getting harder that it almost feels stiffy inside his briefs. She hitches her breath and when he flicks her earlobe with his tongue, she suddenly tenses and groans as she wraps her arms around his body and thrashes her head above his shoulders.

She bites on his flesh just above his clavicle and he groans back in response, feeling enormously turned on right after she did that. He goes on for a small bite and licks her ear, she moans again. And when he tries to pull away, she keeps him trapped with her hands and legs, holding him down against her. She then ferociously moves an arm down to his backside to reach the hem of his pants that he is still wearing and violently tugs it down.

She slips her hands underneath his brief and squeezes a part of his butt that she could feel while she repeatedly gasps and pants against his ear. He gets even much harder than how he already is that he suddenly loses all his control.

Her hot breaths hitting the side of his neck just add more up to the entire intensity and Kenji eventually lets himself be overruled by his own body.

His hands move on their own, hastily pushing down his undergarments. She moans again when he pulls away for a second. Yet as soon as he finally removes all of his clothing, he goes back and rubs himself against her. She moans louder, rocking her hips with his. But she is still wearing that thing around her groin. So he tugs on the string beside her hip and rips it off of her. She gasps when he finally touches her bare.

His fingers move so effortlessly and expertly above her folds. She thrashes and groans and makes noises she never heard before. He covers it up through his kisses yet still fails when she jolts in desire and shakes her head as she gets lost in the excitement.

She gets wetter and wetter and Kenji starts putting two digits inside her. She quickly cums so hard, and shakes violently beneath him. But in contrast to the noises, she has been making all throughout, she does not scream nor even moan when she suddenly cums. She just lets out a breathy gasp, her mouth forming an O and her eyes squeezing shut as she lets the intensity invades her whole body.

She still feels aftershock even after seconds of reaching her climax, and all the while, Kenji keeps his fingers moving inside her. The heat seems to grow and disappear, only to build again in an act of sweet revenge when she has thought it is already over. And it feels so strangely compelling that she no longer seems sure if she could ever get away from this feeling.

The experience only left her so high and dry but also intoxicatingly attached to his warmth.

Is this really the only way to beat this man down and make him pay for all the crimes he had done?

If that so, then Aoi is surely on her way towards that destruction. That kind of destruction could also make herself completely shattered so bad she would never recover anymore.

And it will be her fault until the end because she has now let him made her feel this way.

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