[1998]

TW!: Hot topics ahead! 

Blood warning!

Stockholm syndrome warning!

"𝐈𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡, 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭? 𝐈 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲..." I asked Kazuha, who has just woken up and is in a state of panic. I come out from behind him and gave him a look of worry. I was concerned for him, truly, but I've just been...spectacle lately. He always looked at ME, always talked to ME after the incident. I want him to keep focusing on me, no matter how long it takes for him to understand that.

His breathing slowed down slowly when he saw me, before he shook his arms and legs, trying to free him from my hardship. I gave him a small pout as I saw him struggling in the ropes I had tied him to, before smiling at the fact that he was tied up right in front of me. I never thought I'd have such a chance right in front of me to claim him as mine forever! But I don't think that's called for at the moment..

"𝐘/𝐧, 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬? 𝐈𝐟 𝐬𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐲?" He asked, looking up to me with desperation. I only softened my eyes at him and smiled, slowly approaching him. I stopped right in front of him before leaning down, grabbing his shoulder and placing my mouth next to his ear.

"𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨, 𝐊𝐚𝐳𝐮𝐡𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐫." I whispered to him, making his breathe hitch slightly at the feeling. I laughed slightly before giving him a side eye, dragging my hand up and onto his neck. He slightly jolted at the feeling, glancing back at me, fear and wonder in his eyes.

"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭..?" He asked, slightly leaning his head more into mine. My eyes lit up at his cooperativeness. I half expected him to be screaming to be let out, back into the wide open world of Teyvat, where he could get lost from me. In a few swift movements, I'm hovering on top of him, my knee in between his legs, hand on his throat while my other gripped his face tightly. This got a startle out of him, almost a rise to if I wasn't so harsh and sudden with it.

"𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧, 𝐦𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐊𝐚𝐳𝐮𝐡𝐚. 𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐊𝐨𝐤𝐨𝐦𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐮.." His eyes widen when he saw my face slightly droop at the mention of their names. He stutters to find words before placing them into the exact sentence I wanted to hear from him.

"𝐍𝐨, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧! 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦, 𝐈 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭! 𝐌𝐲 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐘/𝐧. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲!" I can't explain how much I grinned at his wording. His eyes? Only on me? God, I must be dreaming!

Ever since I've taken him in from day one, he's always been like this. Scared of me before wilting under my finger tips. He's always so delicate, so I try to be as careful as I can with him. No matter what it is we do.

I loosened my grip on his neck and let it drag up to his face, cupping it in my hands. I leaned in towards him, his breathe faltering at the closeness we exchanged. My knee pressed against him as I leaned in closer to him. The reaction I got from him was one to remember, if only I could've captured his face right then and there. It would've made me so happy.

"𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐨, 𝐦𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐊𝐚𝐳𝐮𝐡𝐚..?" I asked him, causing him to whimper instead of respond. God, I love it when he's like this. All fragile and tangled up in my rope underneath me. Of course, nothing we've ever done wasn't non-consensual. I always asked him if he was ok with what we were doing and if he ever wanted to stop.

Letting my hand wander to his Kimono, I slipped my hand into the small patch showing his chest, pushing the fabric slowly down shoulder. He slowly relaxed more as I went slow with him, slightly dropping as I touched him. Reaching over to my belt, I grabbed the small switch blade, unlocking it and placing it on his side. His eye twitched slightly and the breathe he let out was like no other when I slowly, and not to mention lightly, dragged it up his chest. 

Once done with that, I locked the blade once more, putting it back to my belt. I let go of him and got onto my knees, looking at his scar before leaning in slightly licking it. His body jolted to meet my mouth. I smirked slightly at this, before grabbing his hip and holding him still while I slowly licked up his injury I had placed onto him. His breathing was heavily as he let me do what I pleased with him. He gripped the rope on his hands so tightly I feared his finger tips would bleed. I wasn't worried for that though, I could always clean them up for him.

I heard him sigh yet let out a small whine with it when I with drew from him and him body. Slowly standing up, I looked down at the mess I had created of him. His hand was dangling backwards from the head of the chair, his heavy breathing was leaving his mouth as he let them in and out shakily. My eyes drifted down and I smiled slightly at how desperate I had made him.

Grabbing his face semi-harshly, I forced him into a kiss. Before he could lean in and practically beg for more, I pulled away, letting his breathe linger all over my face. I smirked at this as he leaned in, trying desperately to get another kiss from me. I pushed him slightly away from me, before turning around to walk back up my stairs, hearing him whine at me to come back. I grabbed the stairs railing before turning around to look at him.

"𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬. 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐰𝐨. 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐯𝐞..𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧. 𝐈𝐟 𝐧𝐨𝐭, 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝. 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐈 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐨. 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮!" He leaned forward in his chair, yelling for me to come back to him. Oh my Dear Kazuha, you don't know how much I wanted to go back to you. I really did, but business must be attended to.

Walking out of my house, I slowly closed the door with only the thought of Kazuha sitting there helplessly while I was out and about. I walked to the main part of Sagonomia, Teppei seeing and greeting me, waving his hand frantically as he saw me walk in with my hands behind my back, a smug but viable smirk on my face. He tried to talk to me, only for me to place a finger on his lips and give him a small wink. He was going to ask about Kazuha, I just knew it from his face and how he looked behind me.

Now, where was that one officer who thought he could push me and my Dear Kazuha..?

"𝐏-𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥! 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐭!" I hit him once more with the blunt object that was besides me before dropping it besides me. He gagged at the incoming blood flowing up through and to his mouth. He turned to the side to spit it out, a natural reaction really, but a fatal one that costs him his life.

Stepping on his face, I held him in place as he slowly coughed out the ever flowing blood, the one from his head joining in. Reaching to the side, I summoned my sword before lifting it up and aiming it for his side. I angled it so that if I stabbed him, the sword would reach both his kidneys, thus making him bleed a slow and intolerable death. I let the sword come down harshly before he let out a small cough that was supposed to be a cough. Stepping off him, I let him fall to his back. Squating by him, I let my sword disappear before poking his cheek as he clutched onto life and death.

"𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬." I shrugged off his attempt to roll over and placed my hands on my knees before pushing my self up. I grabbed his feet before dragging him to his room. Placing him on his bed, his face slowly came at ease as he felt the cushion under him.

I smiled before placing my hands together, sending a prayer as he slowly drifted off to the land of the dead. After that was said and done, I stood up and went into the room where I had originally done the deed and picked up the blunt object I had hit him with. I mopped up the blood gently and took the mop with me, leaving nothing but the blood in his bed. Hoping out his back window I left nothing that could lead him to believe it was me who had done this. By him, I meant the other General, Gorou. 

He and I were friends, so that should've cleared up a small chance of him believing I did this. I cleaned up the mop and blunt object in the river before walking home to place them alongside my other murder weapons. 

I heard shuffling from the basement, assuming Kazuha had heard me. I placed the objects away swiftly before rushing down the stairs to see Kazuha. My eyes lit up and I smiled, letting out a sigh to see he had done exactly what I had asked him. He had calmed down and was patiently awaiting my arrival. I ran towards him and engulfed him in a warm and welcoming kiss. He leaned into it before I had realized he was tied up. I pulled away and appologized.

"𝐀𝐡, 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲! 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝!" He smiled softly as I untied him quickly. I stood up straight only to be crushed by Kazuha in return. We held each other for a long while, sharing the small moment between us. He pulled away and breathed hastily, looking at me and pushing my hair away from my face, placing his head on mine.

We both jumped at the sound of someone knocking loudly on the door. We shared a glance before running up stairs together. Kazuha opened the door, only to see Gorou with drooping ears and a tail in between his legs. They all perked up when he saw up both. He gave us both a hug before pulling away to tell us his news. I zoned out as he said everything, I already knew what he wanted to say. Once he was done I looked over at Kazuha and nodded. Gorou ran ahead while me and Kazuha lacked behind. I only looked over to him when I felt him squeeze my hand once more.

"𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞.." He whispered very lowly, causing me to smile at him, squeezing his hand back in return.