CAUGHT

Having completed whatever business he’d come here for, the tall man turned around.

In that instant –

Riki’s exhausted and famished body stiffened as if struck by an electric wire.

No f*king way….

….After all these months. The face he couldn’t forget even if he tried was right there in front of him…..

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[Riki] lunged toward the door with no idea whether his cardkey would work on this high grade security system. It wouldn’t be kid’s play, that was for certain. And if the door happened to have an alarm? And if he got detained in the process? And if after all the effort he’d gone through, to end up losing his job as a consequence?

But he couldn’t stand there doing nothing. With all the resolution he could muster, Riki shoved the cardkey into the slot.

The door opened so readily Riki had to laugh at his own anxieties….

– Ai No Kusabi (Destiny) Page 155 – 157 

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Even if [Riki] could manage to [feel] his feet under him, his knees wouldn’t stop shaking.

“What an unexpected encounter this is. I never would have expected to meet you here.” [The Blondie] spoke bluntly and without adornment, smiling coldly…. “What’s the matter? So excited to see me after such a long time you can’t find the words? ….Don’t give me those unruly eyes of yours. They make me want to hear you cry out again.”

The man’s cold smile grew colder….

“Where’s the exit?”

“There is no exit.”

“I didn’t come here to shoot the sh!t with you. Where’s the damned exit?”

“Threatening me won’t change the situation, Riki.”

How the hell does he know me name?!

Seeing to the heart of Riki’s confusion, the man added in a quiet voice, “Didn’t Katze warn you about being too curious?”

Katze? A splash of ice cold water doused [Riki’s] anger. What was going on? What was this all about? Why should he be hearing Katze’s name from this man’s lips as well?

“All the more fortunate for him that we came to an accommodation without things becoming uglier than necessary….”

“Who the hell are you?” Riki realized his lips were trembling.

“Iason Mink. A mere Blondie grasping that brass ring forever out of the reach of the common man.”

He’s gotta be lying! Riki choked back the urge to scream. He slowly backed away. He’s what? He’s who? A mere Blondie? This couldn’t mean anything but trouble for Riki.

“What are you going to do with me?”

“What do you want me to do with you?” Iason laughed into Riki’s wide eyes.

At this point Riki couldn’t ignore the cold chill crawling up his spine.

– Ai No Kusabi (Destiny) Page 165 – 169

CC CREDIT:

Almost everything’s by EA, except for Iason’s cape. No poses, just Riki running here and there, and chatting.