He brought his legs down by the side of the bed, placing his elbows on his knees and palming his face. He sighed heavily, he didn't know what awaited him that day, but he just hoped it would be something he could handle.

He walked into his bathroom, brushed, used the toilet, and showered.

After cleaning his wound and gazing at it, he pulled over a black body-hug shirt, black jeans, and black shoes. He couldn't see himself wearing any other thing that wasn't dark or any of the full colors. He always felt funny wearing bright colors.

He was up early so he wasn't in a rush to do anything. He slowly walked around his room, gathering his stuff and putting it into his portable black backpack.

He was told they'd be staying over at their rival place for four days, so he was only getting the most necessary things, he wanted to pack light.

He put the last item into his backpack and zipped it close, satisfied with the way the bag was looking. It wasn't bulging like something that had been over-packed.

He carried the bag and was almost out of his door when he remembered his phone which he had plugged in to charge yesterday night. He quickly took it, together with the charger, and left his room.

What he didn't expect was to see Sebastian leaning against the opposite door, wearing grey pajamas and leaving the button of the pajama shirt completely open at the chest.

He was also wondering why Sebastian was standing in front of his room that early.

Zeno found himself staring at Sebastian's smooth and muscular chest as it shone under the light. 

"Where are you going?" Sebastian asked, putting a hand in the pocket of his pajamas and regarding Zeno with a frown.

But, that wasn't the question he wanted to ask. He wanted to ask him why he was up so early, did he finally feel threatened and was planning to escape while nobody was watching? Or, did he want to run away because he had kissed him? Was he uncomfortable because of that?

He had gone down to work for a while and when he was coming up, he heard some noise inside Zeno's room. He even checked his phone for the time, and when he saw that it wasn't even time for Ken to wake up, he grew suspicious.

Zeno sighed quietly; it was too early to have a baseless conversation with his boss; he had hoped he wouldn't run into him, but there he was, standing before his narcissistic boss.

"I was going to prepare Ken's breakfast, and ask Nicole to feed him when he wakes," Zeno replied in a formal tone.

"Why would Nicole take him to school when it's your duty?" Sebastian pushed himself off the door and moved closer to Zeno, scowling.

If he thought he could simply walk away now, he was gloriously wrong.

Zeno saw Sebastian coming towards him and backed away from him, but when his back suddenly hit the wall, he knew had to stay and face him.

"Uh, I think you're misunderstanding me, I just wanted to"

"Quiet, Zeno," Sebastian said as he stopped in front of Zeno, his voice was as cold as the North Pole.

The welt of Zeno's shoes was touching the front of Sebastian's slippers, reminding him that they were almost as close as they were yesterday down in his old room. He wished he could move away from him, but he couldn't, a steel door was right behind him.

"Remember, I gave you chances to walk away from me, Zeno, you missed them. Now what? You're trying to escape?" Sebastian asked in a menacing tone.

He didn't know why the idea of Zeno trying to escape infuriated him, probably because of his son's closeness to Zeno. Yes, it had to be it.

"Yes, I remember, but that's not what I'm trying to do," Zeno said, shifting his body to one side as Sebastian suddenly placed a hand beside his head, but before he could escape, Sebastian's other hand was placed on the other side of his head, making him return to the center.

Now, his boss was towering over him, his chest completely bare before his eyes, and his musky scent seemed to be stronger that morning as it wafted into his nose.

"Now listen," Sebastian hooked his finger below Zeno's chin and tipped his head upward.

"I told you a time will come when you'll beg to leave, but I won't let you. So, if you think you can come into my son's life and just waltz out whenever you want, then, I suggest you think again," Sebastian warned steely.

Zeno sighed quietly, he slowly removed his chin from Sebastian's hand and looked him in the eyes.

"It's not that, it's just-"

"The kiss?" Sebastian slowly asked in a deep voice.

Zeno's face froze as he heard Sebastian's unexpected question.

That was supposed to be long buried between them, and he had thought they had moved on from it, so why did he bring it up again?

He felt his heart beat faster and his face started feeling warmer. He quickly noted in his head to go get a medical check-up later, he didn't seem to be understanding what he was feeling anymore.

"I'm sorry I don't know what you're talking about," Zeno lied, avoiding meeting Sebastian's eyes.

"You don't?" Sebastian asked incredulously, was he the only one who couldn't sleep last night? The thoughts of that scene left him unable to sleep as he kept asking himself why he kissed Zeno.

He felt anger build within him as he heard Zeno say he couldn't remember it.

He hated him that much huh?

"Yes, boss," Zeno nodded.

Sebastian scoffed and painfully held Zeno's cheeks between his thumb and index finger, looking down at him condescendingly.

"Liar," He slammed his lips to Zeno's... Again.

Zeno never believed he could kiss his boss two times, within the space of a day.

He tried pushing him off but Sebastian quickly caught his hands and pinned them above above his head on the door.

This kiss wasn't like the last one, Zeno felt Sebastian's fingers press hard on the sides of his jaw, forcing his lips to part and immediately forcing his tongue into Zeno's mouth.

Zeno suddenly felt his junior member downstairs stir, he quickly shut his eyes tight and refused to kiss Sebastian back. This was wrong.

Everything about Sebastian was so wrong.

Sebastian closed his eyes this time. Just like before, he didn't plan on kissing Zeno, but, he just wanted to confirm something, but all he got was more confused. 

He felt Zeno's unwillingness to kiss him back, and he felt like someone punched his ego.

He slowly withdrew from Zeno's lips and coldly commanded, "Open your eyes and look at me."

Zeno slowly took a deep breath to calm himself down, before he slowly opened his eyes.

He was met with Sebastian's angry-looking face. 

"Boss, I think we should keep things professional between us," Zeno suggested, trying to control his breathing so Sebastian wouldn't notice that his kiss affected him.

"And, I'm sorry. But I'm straight," Zeno said with a frown.

He was starting to feel like that statement wasn't entirely true.

"You're so stupid, Zeno," Sebastian moved away from Zeno, folding his hands across his chest.

"I'm sorry if I'm not-"

"Don't think so highly of yourself, Zeno," Sebastian said and went back to lean against the door opposite Zeno's.

"That's not it, I just wanted to-"

"Trust me, I don't want to kiss you either, but if it's the only thing that gets to your nerves, then I'll do it," Sebastian smiled evilly.

"I kiss you only because I know you hate me; I've noticed you take punishments quite well, so I won't be doing that anymore," He moved again into Zeno's space.

"What's more annoying than getting kissed by a person you wish to kill?" Sebastian whispered against Zeno's lips, running his thumb across his lower lips.

Zeno tried but failed to control his breathing, he summoned courage and pushed Sebastian away from him.

"I'm your bodyguard and Nanny by a forced contract, I can accept punishments from you, but I'll never let you abuse me this way, it was never stated in the contract, please, do not try this next time, boss," Zeno said, his voice slightly higher than usual from anger.

He gripped his backpack tightly and walked away, boiling in rage. He's never felt so insulted in his entire life. If not for the sake of his Nana, he would never become a puppet for such a devil.

Who on earth kisses someone just to get on their last never, even to their detriment? This just goes to show how sadistic Sebastian was.

Sebastian stood there and watched as Zeno zoomed off in anger.

Honestly, he didn't know why he kissed him again; he just did; he had come to realize that using force on Zeno didn't work, and he'd never be submissive to him with force.

But he just discovered that kissing Zeno mellowed him down a little, and if that's what it takes to get respect from Zeno, he'll do it as often as the need arises. He doesn't care if it violates Zeno's human rights or some shit.

He took out his phone from his pocket and sent out a text, asking one of the guards not to let Zeno out.

Did he want to escape? The chance was long gone.