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(Part one - the capture)
Daisuke hears someone calling out his name, but it sounds far away, like an echo from the other side of the valley in a mountain range. He recognizes this voice, but he doesn't seem to be able to reply, his own voice stuck in his throat, and the voice keeps getting louder and more urgent.
At once, he knows it's Haru's voice - he sounds...angry? No, not angry...worried? panicked? As he's about to reply, suddenly he starts feeling a migraine and his eyes start to open slowly.
His sight is blurry, but he can now hear the voice calling out his name crystal clear, and as soon as his sight clears, he sees the golden brown eyes staring down at him close, and hears Haru sigh loudly in relief.
Haru puts his arms around him, and lifts him up so he could sit upright, leaning for support against a wall. After that Haru starts checking his body for any injuries, with his eyebrows furrowed, and his lips pressed in a tight line.
Daisuke swallows the bile in his mouth, and opens his mouth, his voice coming out in a hoarse whisper: ''H...Haru? What in the world happened?''
Haru stops and sighs, and looks right at him, ''What happened? We got captured, is what happened. I told you we shouldn't split up, these guys were not like the others, I told y---'' Haru looks away, a suppressed frown on his face.
Daisuke stares at him with a stubborn look, and then looks down, and suddenly his eyes widen. His lifts his left hand in the air and says, ''What...is this?''
Haru who was looking away in frustration, now looks back at him, with his right hand lifted also in the air: ''What, you ask? It's handcuffs? The things you never carry with you, even though you're a police off--...''
Daisuke hisses in a low voice, ''I KNOW what these are, why are we handcuffed together? Did you do th--...''
''Are you an idiot? Why would---Ah, did you think I would punish you for putting us in this situation by doing this?'' Haru asks, with a sarcastic tone.
When Daisuke doesn't reply, Haru says, ''It was them. They took it from my back-pocket after they knocked me out, and when I opened my eyes, I saw you lying on the floor next to me, and our hands cuffed together. They took the key and everything, the thieving bastards...''
Daisuke sighs and murmurs, ''Of course they did, genius...Well, what's done is done, now we should think about how to get out of here. We can get these removed once we're outside...''
He touches his HEUSC earring, ''Suzue, can you hear me?'' There is radio silence. ''Suzue?'' Daisuke tries again, and then he lowers his hand and sighs.
Haru whispers, ''So they activated the adollium thing already, huh? That's just fantastic.'' Haru groans, and shifts to lean against the wall next to Daisuke.
He looks down at their handcuffed hands together, and then lifts his right hand so Daisuke's left hand was also raised, and then he put it down, and Daisuke's hand was lowered again. He lifts it again, and then puts it down again. As he's about to do it a third time, as he looks up, Daisuke is staring at him with a steady cold stare. He lowers his hand quietly and looks away.
''Did you see any of them coming and going from here? We must be somewhere on the 5th floor of this building...'' Daisuke says, shifting to stand up, but he wobbles, and Haru holds his hand and pulls him down, and Daisuke falls and lands on his lap, his face only inches away from Haru's face. He leans back slowly, and looks away.
Haru says in a matter-of-fact voice, ''Stay still, moron. You were unconscious for god knows how long, and what they used to knock us out. And to answer your question, no, I didn't see anybody. But that doesn't mean they left, or even that they're still here. My prediction would be that they must have already left after seeing my police badge, thinking we might have backup waiting...''
Daisuke shakes his head, and tries to get up from this position, so he could sit beside him, but Haru puts his free hand on his waist and holds him down on his lap. Daisuke stares at him, and Haru stares back, not relenting even a bit.
Daisuke sighs loudly, and says, ''They wouldn't have left the adollium behind, the fact that I can't contact Suzue means, they must still be testing it...'' Haru nods in agreement, and then leans his head back on the wall.
He gazes at Daisuke's face from up close, seeing his face change expressions in the blink of an eye - from worry to anger to frustration, and at his other hand that was placed under his chin. Haru knew that he did that whenever he was thinking hard and worrying about something.
His hand that was handcuffed to Daisuke, and was holding onto his hand at the moment, he intertwined their fingers together and squeezed them tightly, so Daisuke could escape his troubled train of thoughts. And it worked.
He looked down at Haru with a scowl, ''What is it?''
Haru replies, with a confident and reassuring tone, ''Nothing, don't worry so much, we'll get out of here, and we'll get those guys too.''
Daisuke scoffs but the worried expression on his face had completely evaporated: ''Really? Only you can say something so stupidly confident in a situation like this. No matter how you look, this is already a losing batt----''
Haru leans forward and kisses him on the mouth, shutting him up. Daisuke pushes him, making Haru's back hit the wall, and he raises his free hand to cover his mouth, a blush rising on his face: ''You idiot, is this the time to do these kind of things?''
''I did that to stop your negative ranting. We need to find solutions, not sit on our thumbs waiting for rescue which will never come. You have me, I have you - it's more than enough.''
Daisuke stares at him, and before he can reply, Haru grabs his waist, and stands up, lifting him up in his arms, and then putting him down on the ground.
''You're as light as a feather, you should eat more of the food I make, and less of those posh little seashells and oysters with your fancy silver cutlery,'' Haru says, stepping back, and grasping Daisuke's hand, and leading them towards the door.
As expected the door is locked, and Daisuke mutters: ''What now, Mr. Over-Confident Hero Inspector?'' Haru turns back, and smiles widely. Daisuke stares at him, not understanding the reason behind that look: ''What...?''
''I know you have that spider like gadget with you that you always use to open any kind of locks, right?'' Haru says, and then teases, ''...or you can kick the door down, if you prefer.''
Daisuke sighs, and says, ''I don't need the ''spider like gadget'' for this.'' And kicks the door down with a loud noise, dust rising in the air all the way into the hallway.
He looks back at Haru, and sees him gulp, and then raise a reluctant thumbs up.
''We should hurry up, if they are here, they must have heard the noise,'' Daisuke says, and Haru nods and they start making their way down the long dark hallway.
(Part 2 - the discovery)
''Is this even the right way?'' Haru mutters, as Daisuke led him down the hallway, checking to see if any other door was open and finding them all locked. Daisuke replies from the front, ''If you think you can lead us into the right direction, go ahead.'' Haru frowns, but stops complaining.
Daisuke stops in his tracks, and Haru crashes into him, and then says, ''What is it? Did you find a dead rat or something?''
Daisuke doesn't reply to that stupid sounding retort, and instead clicks the button on his watch and a torch light illuminates from it, and Daisuke points it on the wall next to them.
Haru turns to look and there's a map of the building, almost faded away by rust and time, but they could make out where the elevator was, and the biggest lab, which was situated on the top-most floor.
''So that's why none of them are here...'' Haru mutters, and Daisuke starts walking to where the elevator was. Haru says, from behind him, in a doubtful tone, ''Daisuke, shouldn't we take the stairs instead? What if they---''
''It's on the 30th floor, and we're on the 5th floor right now, and they don't know we've escaped.'' Daisuke says, without missing a beat.
''Yeah, but still, they could be keeping an eye out---'' Haru starts again, and Daisuke stops walking and turns around.
He looks at Haru with a steady stare: ''I'm not climbing to the 30th floor, and didn't you say we had to catch them before they escaped? We don't know how long we were knocked out, and when they will complete their experiment and run away with the adollium portable machine.''
Before Haru can reply, Daisuke turns around and pulls him along, walking faster to the end of the long hallway, where the elevator was. Haru sighs and decides to trust him - but an anxiety still kept twisting in the pit of his stomach.
As they got in the elevator, and it started moving up, they both sighed in relief. After a minute or so, Daisuke turned to Haru and said, ''See? It was no proble---'' And the elevator jerks, and then stops moving. They both look at each in confusion, and then sudden realization dawns on their faces. Haru mutters, ''They're still here and they know we escaped. SHIT!''
Daisuke says in a low voice, ''They must have been watching us this whole time. I didn't see any CCTV camer---'' Haru looks at him, and says in a loud voice, ''THIS IS WHY I SAID...'' and then stops, taking a deep breath to calm down.
They both stay silent, and then Haru whispers, ''Nevermind. If they were watching us, they could have sent men to shoot at us from above and we would have been dead in any case, with no weapons and our ASV suits still not being able to function...''
Daisuke mutters, ''You're just saying that to make me feel better, aren't you?'' Haru sighs, and replies, ''Does it make you feel better?'' Daisuke turns to look at him, but doesn't say anything.
After a while, the lights in the elevator go out, and they're standing in complete darkness. Daisuke whispers, ''Haru, you don't think they will---'' Haru tightens his hold on Daisuke's hand and pulls him closer, and puts his other arm around him, patting his back, to calm down Daisuke and himself at the same time.
An emergency dim light flickers and lights up in the elevator, and they both stand there in silence, waiting for something to happen. After a while when there is no noise, no movement at all, Haru whispers, ''Did they cut off the electricity on purpose...or was it an accident during the experiment?''
Daisuke doesn't answer at first, thinking over all the possibilities, and then replies: ''It must have been the latter...because if it was the former possibility, they would have cut the wires of the elevator and let us fall to our deaths, trapped here, like mice in a cage...''
Haru looks down at him and says, ''Daisuke-kun...you sure have a way of sugar-coating things...'' Daisuke looks back at him, and tilts his head in confusion: ''I wasn't sugar-coat---ah, you were being sarcastic.''
Haru chuckles, and sighs, looking at the elevator door with a frustrated look: ''You were right. We are trapped here. Any ideas in your pretty head how to get us out of here?''
Daisuke says, taking a step back, and putting some distance between them: ''We can only wait for them to fix whatever they messed up, or wait until their experiment is over, so we can contact Suzue and get out of here.'' Haru nods in agreement, and a tense silence fills the elevator.
(2 hours later)
''These people are so incompetent, can't they even fix a fuse in two hours?! I could do it in 5 minutes?!'' Haru says, his frustration getting the best of him, as the temperature of his body rose, making him sweat even more, after he tried to open the draft above the elevator but finding it screwed shut.
''Stop wasting your energy by speaking nonsense. We don't know what caused this, and the temperature in the elevator is already so much, so be quiet...'' Daisuke says, wiping the sweat on his neck with his coat sleeve.
Daisuke looks at Haru standing with his back to him, looking up at the screwed shut draft with knitted brows. His eyes fall on his white shirt, drenched in sweat, sticking to his back, defining his back muscles, and the gun holster strap fastened around his upper back and broad shoulders, and he looks away, his face getting even hotter.
Haru turns around, and is about to complaint more, but he sees Daisuke tugging off his blazer with his one hand and frowning at not being able to. He walks forward without hesitation, and grabs it from his hands, and pulls the coat down without a word.
Daisuke looks up at him, and doesn't say anything. Haru removes his coat, but it hangs down from his left sleeve due to the handcuff. Haru says, ''Right...this thing...I forgot...''
Daisuke starts unbuttoning his vest with his one hand without looking at Haru and after unbuttoning it, he shrugs it off too.
Haru stares at him with an unreadable expression, and looks at his purple shirt drenched beneath the vest.
Daisuke loosens his tie and cuff buttons, rolling his sleeves up till his elbows, and finally sighs in relief. He looks up and sees Haru staring at him, ''What?"
Haru looks away, his face reddening from the heat in the elevator, or his previous failed climbing stunt, or Daisuke undressing in front of him - or all three of them.
"Are you doing this on purpose?" Haru asks, wiping the sweat dripping down his neck with his shirt sleeve.
"Doing what?" Daisuke asks in a quiet tone.
"Trying to be all sexy and seductive when we're stuck in an enclosed space like this," Haru says, while looking down at him, with a troubled expression on his face.
Daisuke blushes a bit and looks away, "Of course not. But aren't you the one doing that instead, Inspector Katou?"
Haru's eyes widen and he smiles and starts leaning towards Daisuke, which makes Daisuke's face flush and he starts to take a step back until his back hits the wall of the elevator.
He looks up at Haru, his free hand raised in the air: "I was joking, Haru..." He says now pushing Haru's chest away, as Haru puts his hand on both sides of his face and leans in to kiss Daisuke beneath his ear, making him shiver despite the heat.
''I said I was jokin---'' Daisuke says, but Haru closes his mouth with his own, invading his tongue inside Daisuke's mouth, and grabbing his neck with the handcuffed hand to push their faces even closer together. He pulls back, breathing in and out loudly, and sees Daisuke's face and neck flushed with heat and embarrassment, and his lips reddening with his own saliva on them.
He leans down, and whispers next to Daisuke's ear: "Shit, I'm hard now." After hearing this, Daisuke looks down on reflex, and looks up at Haru with a slight frown and sees him smiling in a mischievous way.
Before he can try to push him away with all his might, Haru leans down and kisses him hard on the mouth, using his tongue to pry open Daisuke's mouth.
For a while they stare at each other while kissing. And then Haru's hands move to loosen Daisuke's tie even more, and his hands start to unbutton Daisuke's shirt in a quick motion, sliding it off his shoulders, until it is hanging off by his elbows.
Daisuke sighs against his mouth and closes his eyes, wrapping his free hand around Haru's neck, giving in.
Haru smiles and puts his hands on Daisuke's waist, pressing their lower bodies together, grinding against him, while kissing Daisuke's neck and collarbones, and licking and biting down at last at his nipples.
A loud moan escapes Daisuke's mouth and Haru looks up, and smiles and says in a hoarse voice: "Hey, you're also har-...." But Daisuke raises his hand and shuts him up by covering his mouth with his palm.
Haru kisses Daisuke's palm, making him blush, and then licks it, and Daisuke pulls it back, frowning. "Don't be mad, baby," Haru laughs and says, "I did that for a reason."
Before Daisuke can ask what he meant by that, Haru unbuttons Daisuke's pants and unzips it, and starts stroking him. Daisuke groans and then looks at Haru in anger, only to be kissed by Haru while laughing.
Daisuke huffs, his moans escaping him, Haru pulls back and says, "Hey, don't have fun by yourself. Think of your boyfriend too. I would do it myself, but my hand is handcuffed to yours," and Daisuke stares at him, not believing him for a second.
Haru kisses his neck, and says, ''Hurry up, please. You can get mad later.'' He starts stroking him faster, making Daisuke's face getting redder in embarrassment and arousal.
Daisuke sighs and his hand reaches down and starts stroking Haru as well, which makes Haru grunt, and kiss Daisuke's neck even harder.
He raises his head, and Daisuke sees his face flushed, and Haru breathing in harder than before, and he bends down and kisses Daisuke, increasing his own pace of stroking him.
The sounds of huffs and moans and kisses fill the elevator. After they come, they both stand there holding onto each other for support.
"Shit, that was awesome," Haru says, more to himself than to Daisuke. "Hey, wanna do some mo---" and the light comes on the elevator, and the elevator jerks and starts moving up again slowly. Haru and Daisuke look at each other, and then at each other's bodies, and get embarrassed, but neither of them move away from the other.
Haru speaks up first to break the silence, ''Finally they fixed the fuse, huh...'' Daisuke doesn't say anything, but adjusts his own pants in silence.
As he's about to say something, a friction sounds in his ear, and Suzue's voice comes on: ''D-....-Dai-...Daisuke-sa--...'' He looks at Haru, half in relief, and half in confusion. As Haru is about to ask what happened, Suzue voice rings in both their ears: "Daisuke-sama! Katou-sama!"
Daisuke clears his throat, pushing Haru away with his one hand and saying "Suzue, what happened?" Haru doesn't move back, and starts buttoning up Daisuke's shirt, and adjusting his vest and coat in place, as he listened to Suzue explain when she stopped being able to contact either of them, and how she had been monitoring the building from all sides, and had even contacted the police informing them of an illegal business taking place in the building.
Daisuke says to both of them, but mainly to Haru, ''If we can hear Suzue, this means...they were successful in their experiment and must be attempting to flee any second. We should catch them before they manage to slip right through our fingers.''
Suzue mutters an affirmation, and Haru nods slightly: ''Good thing our ASV can start working again...'' Upon hearing Haru's hoarse voice, Suzue asks, ''Daisuke-sama, is Katou-sama alright? His voice sounds strange---''
Daisuke looks at Haru, who was buttoning his pants and shirt buttons that came undone when Daisuke grabbed his shirt only moments ago. He sees Haru give him a wide grin as he tucked in his shirt, and sighs in exasperation: "Yeah, he's grinning like an idiot right now. If any of them escape, be ready to send tracking robots right after them.''
Haru steps forward and he helps Daisuke wear his coat jacket properly again, with a slight smirk on his face, and Daisuke adjusts his tie, frowning in return. The elevator reaches the top floor, and they step out, both of them in their ASV suits, the handcuff already broken, but they don't see a single soul in the hallway.
(Part 3 - the escape)
Haru and Daisuke split up to see any signs of the experiment, or the portable adollium machine, but see the rooms emptied, except machines that had cobwebs inside them. ''So they escaped...'' Haru mutters, clenching his fists in anger.
Daisuke calmly asks Suzue, ''Did you see them escaping the building yet by a car or a helicopter?'' Suzue says she didn't. Daisuke walks over to Haru and says, ''They haven't left. They must have seen the cops stationed outside. And they couldn't have used the elevator because we were...'' Haru smirks at him, and Daisuke gets pissed off.
He hears a slight sound, and he looks at Haru and he had heard it too. They start walking towards the sounds, and eventually a couple of hushed voices come from the other side of the hallway.
They see a huge door there, and Haru kicks it, and it crashed down on the other side. The room was filled with at least 20 people, and suitcases of cash laid on the tables. As soon as they saw the intruders, they closed the suitcases, and started escaping as the decoys charged at both Haru and Daisuke.
They swatted them like flies, Haru using both his ASV and Judo skills, throwing them down and choking them in strongholds, and Daisuke in his ASV knocking out them one by one with his boxing skills. In the commotion, they saw the big bosses escape with the suitcases, and Daisuke yells at Haru to take care of the rest, and runs after them on his own.
Haru yells at him, but gets charged at by the remaining 6 people at once. After taking care of them, he runs towards where Daisuke disappeared, and finally catches sight of him. Standing with his arms folded, and 4 men unconscious on the floor.
He sighs in relief as he reaches him, and puts his arm around his waist, and kisses him on his temple: ''Good job, Inspector Kambe. But don't run off on your own anymore. We already got in so much trouble today because of that.''
Daisuke hmms, and then orders Suzue to tell the cops they could apprehend these people on the charges of exchanging large amounts of counterfeit money.
As the cops arrive and take the criminals away in handcuffs, Haru is talking to some of the officers that were his acquaintances from his 1st division days.
Daisuke starts walking to his car, and Haru follows soon after. Their ASV suits deactivated moments ago, and Daisuke was removing the bracelets from his wrists, as he senses Haru standing behind him.
''What were you talking about for so long with them?'' Daisuke says, without turning back. Haru chuckles and stretches his hand over Daisuke's shoulder, and Daisuke turns to look at his side and then he says, ''What is this?''
''What, you ask? It's handcuffs. I borrowed it from an old friend.'' Haru says, with a wide grin. Daisuke stares at him, ''Borrowed it? Why? You could have waited until you---''
Haru's grin gets even bigger and Daisuke steps back, his back hitting the door of his car.
Haru steps forward and leans down and whispers next to Daisuke's ear, ''I borrowed it for something we'll do right after we get back home.''
Daisuke blushes, and pushes him away and gets inside the car.
Haru stares at him with a confused expression, and after a while, Daisuke rolls down the window and says while staring straight ahead, ''Well, what are you standing around for then, Inspector Katou?''
Haru's eyes widen, and he says in an exciting tone, ''Can we do it in the ca--''
Daisuke looks at him and says in a short but strict voice: ''NO.''
Haru nods with a serious face, puts the handcuffs in his back-pocket, and gets in the car, a wide smile spreading on his face.