The pitch blackness around them on the road was occasionally broken by vague yellow lamp light, falling on big Oak leaves at equal intervals. Other than that, the powerful headlights of the Land Rover were directly falling on the road; showing only a few yards ahead of them through a light night fog. Donghae's eyes were fixed on the short white lines on the middle of the road that kept whizzing backwards as they drove on.

It was almost 2.15 in the morning. After the chaotic celebration for breaking through Gray's people, everyone had fallen quiet; Apollo being the last to shut up, until he had given himself the opportunity to silently swoon about the beauty of the Range Rover. For that, Donghae was grateful. He raised his eyes over to the silvery skyline ahead of him, where distant blobs of tall bright lights of the urbanized area of Toyonaka started materializing through the veil like fog.

Glancing across, Donghae realized that Jake had fallen asleep, with his midnight hair feathered in front of his forehead; his ash stained fingers clutching the AK-300 close to his chest which kept rising and falling in a gentle rhythm. His eyelids fluttered as if he was dreaming, showing a tint of sea storm colour through dark long eyelashes. Donghae quickly tore his eyes away from Jake, concentrating on the road again.

"You like him don't you?"

Donghae froze, his heart hammering against his ribs, he looked up at the rear mirror to see Hisui staring at him with his arms crossed, his lips stretched into a smile. Apollo was snoring away next to him.

"What?!"

"You" said Hisui again, in calm voice, "I can see how you look at him. And Jake keeps looking at you too, when you don't notice"

Donghae snorted, though his body felt like it was being dipped in ice cold water. He gripped the steering wheel hard unconsciously.

"Thank you for the observation" he snapped while Hisui let out a gentle chuckle.

"Believe me" said Hisui looking amused but sad at the same time, "I know how you feel, because I've been through that"

Donghae stayed silent, suddenly he took a sharp turn and moved the vehicle down a battered side track. Finally they came to a stop and Donghae parked the jeep under a low bridge that ran across the road they were following earlier. After turning off the ignition key, Donghae slumped down on the driving seat and took of the seat belt, feeling his lead like arms ache with constant driving. The stillness woke Hyukjae who took a deep breath and opened his eyes which shone dark blue at the dim light. He looked around for a moment and stopped at Donghae.

"Where are we?" he groaned with a sleep deprived husky voice. Suddenly Jake sat up and whirled around, staring at the wide eyed Hisui and at Apollo who was still sleeping peacefully.

"Why are they still here!?" He demanded while Hisui let out an outraged snort,

"Why?" Scoffed Hisui, "thought of flinging us through the window?"

"I dreamed of doing that" shot Jake casually with an evil smile, he pointed at Apollo, who gave a huge snore, "especially him"

"Jake" said Donghae lightly and Hyukjae immediately turned to look at him "Calm down"

Jake huffed and turned back to glare at Hisui. Once he was satisfied, Jake fumble the door open and got out. Donghae heaved a sigh and turned to Hisui.

"Come out" he ordered, not unkindly, and Hisui gave a single nod and slid down from the back.

Jake was standing near the edge of the bank, lightly holding the gleaming pistol in his hand. He looked up when both Hisui and Donghae came and stood silently infront of him. Without a word, he cocked the gun and pointed it at Hisui's chest.

"Who the hell is Gray and how the fuck do you know him!?" demanded Hyukjae, his eyes dangerously luminous in the dark.

Jade sighed and looked at the ice cold stream that was passing steadily a few feet away from them. The gushing sound of the water bringing back dull memories of the heavy rain that had been falling on that fateful day...

"We were heading back to our dorm; me and Gray" said Hisui slowly, wondering whether he should trust Jake or not, "it was raining and... and someone kept following us, and-"

Hisui gulped and looked away, "we were in a car and Gray was driving, suddenly our car went out of control and... and we crashed into a bridge.... there was a lot of blood and Gray- I thought he was-"

He definitely looked traumatised now and Donghae suddenly felt sorry for him. It must've been hard, believing that his friend had died...

Donghae looked over to Jake, hoping to see his gun lowered, but Jake was still glaring at Hisui,

"Let me get this straight" said Jake, his voice emotionless, "so you are saying that on the night you and Gray were going to the dorm, someone followed you, made you crash into the bridge and you fucking don't know who it was?!"

"Yes" answered Hisui in a silver of a voice, "Gray got pierced in the ribs..he was covered in blood and unconscious, so... when he didn't wake up. I- I ran"

"That doesn't explain his revenge spree on you does it?" suggest Jake, "that guy wouldn't hesitate to kill"

'Just like someone I know' thought Donghae, peeking at Jake.

"You're right, it doesn't..." agreed Hisui, his voice sounding far away, suddenly he digged into his pocket and took out a pack of cigarettes. Jake rolled his eyes and put away his gun, accepting the cigarette Hisui was offering him. He took out his lighter and lit both their cigarette. Donghae glared at him but eventually gave up, knowing that Jake simply needed time to think striaght.

It was cold, with occasional chittering sounds of grasshopers near the bank. Their burning cigarettes were the only things that provided small circles of orange red lights in the dark, filling the air with little aromatic puffs of smoke.

"Does the name Ventura ring a bell to you?" asked Jake after some time.

Hisui gagged and widened his eyes, turning to look at Jake,

"Ventura..." he muttered angrily, breaking his cigarette stump in to two and flinging it to the stream "What about him?"

"He's the one who told me that Clara has the Jade pendant"

"Do you know him then!?" demanded Hisui, while Jake shook his head slowly, looking directly into Hisui's eyes.

"Which is why I'm asking you" said Jake patiently, "when your father came to us, Ventura called me; high and mighty as fuck, and told me that he had what I needed... so do you know him?"

Hisui nodded, tight lined, "He was our professor at University" he said shakily, "he knew all of us, Gray, Clara... my father.."

He was silent for a moment, then suddenly he glared at Jake and a growl escaped his throat which even took Donghae by surprise...

"MARANZANO!" he yelled suddenly, looking enraged "you still have my father! If you dare to harm even one hair on his head I'll-"

Jake looked unruffled by this outburst, the only change was the slight widening of his eyes, as if he'd almost forgotten he had Tanaka locked up at the Manor.

"I thought we agreed in the first place" cut off Jake evenly, but Donghae noticed his fingers tightening slightly around the gun, "You give me the pendant, I give your precious father back to you"

Hisui looked at him for a long moment, then he nodded. "Fine...Where should I bring it? he asked and Jake smiled at him,

"I'll text you" he said, and for some reason Donghae felt jealousy shoot through him, it was all he could do to hold himself from staring daggers at Hisui.

"But how? You don't even-" started Hisui and then stopped himself, "oh"

"What are you guys doing without me?" asked a voice suddenly from behind. Donghae and Hisui whirled around to see Apollo standing infront of them in a bedraggled appearance. His hair had gone haywire nd he was yawning and stretching himself like a cat.

Jake smirked and threw his remaining cigarette stump in to the stream. He took off the gun he had strapped on his waist and tested its familiar weight on his palm.

"We were discussing the most effective way to get rid of you" he said and Donghae bit back a laugh.

Apollo simply halted in his tracks, staring wide eyed with fear, he suddenly turned towards Hisui, "is he serious?"

Hisui shrugged and Apollo went straight towards him and hid behind Hisui's tall frame.

"You'll promise to bring my father would you?" asked Hisui, keeping his hand on the open window frame, as both Donghae and Jake got back inside the Jeep.

Jake leaned out, "if you bring me the pendant" he said annoyingly and Hisui sighed.

"Wait wait! Are they just gonna bloody leave us here?! In the middle of god knows where?!-"

"I'm counting on you Jake" said Hisui with a smile.

It was the last thing Donghae heard him say to Jake before his own jealousy took over. Deliberately he floored down the accelerator and raced the vehicle, swishing up a good amount of dirt that splashed all over Apollo who gagged violently as the vehicle tore towards the main road

"He's the jealous type isn't he?" suggested Apollo looking disgusted.

**********

Donghae swung the duffle bag on his shoulder as he pressed the button for the 19th floor. He glanced at his blurry reflection on the steel backed elevator, wondering what he should do about the one-bedroom situation. Luca had clearly informed that he'd booked 2 separate rooms for them, but from the moment they'd parked the vehicle on the carpark, Jake had been smirking nonstop. It became clear when the receptionist handed Donghae a single bedroom key; and Jake had simply flashed him a smile and taken it from his hand... drifting off to the room while Donghae; shaking his head, had gone back to collect the guns from the Jeep as ordered.

He sighed as the steel door slid open with a delicate ping into a luxuriously lit corridor. He walked towards the door with a gold plate saying '1936' and saw the key hanging mercifully from the doorknob. With a sigh, he opened the door and walked in. His breath caught at the beauty of the room, with mostly the ceiling to floor length glass walls which was veiled with very see-through curtains from which multicoloured twinkling blobs of Toyonaka city lights were visible.

His initial admiration took a definite turn when he saw different articles of clothing strewn on the floor, making a beeline for the bathroom. It took a moment for him to realise that it was Jake's doing. Wearily Donghae started picking them up...

Hyukjae was just sinking himself blissfully in the huge white bath tub which placed in the center of the room. Lukewarm water was bubbling away when the door of the bathroom was suddenly flung open by Donghae. Jake noted with satisfaction, the thunderous look Donghae was giving him as he placed his clothes neatly on the counter before rounding up on him,

"This is all your doing isn't it?" He asked, casting Jake a dirty look.

Jake looked at him innocently, the heat of the room curling up his midnight black hair, "What doings?"

"Luca told me that he'd booked two rooms" said Donghae, coming closer and kneeling down infront of him, "how did two rooms become one?"

Jake laughed and leaned forward until he was directly facing Donghae. He kept his elbows on the edge of the tub and regarded him curiously,

"I don't know Donghae" he said smiling, but Donghae didn't smile back,

"You are a terrible liar" said Donghae, "do you know that?"

Jake shook his head, copying Donghae's serious nature, he raised his fingers and brushed a couple of stray hair away from Donghae's forehead,

"You are mad at me for some reason" said Jake finally, "atleast I know that much"

"I'm not mad at you"

Jake looked back at him steadily, something about Donghae caught him off guard.. what the hell had he done to offend him?

For a moment, both of them just stared at each other. Jake didn't know who started it first, but the next moment he felt Donghae kissing him, sending an electric shock through his entire body.

Jake's eyes fluttered close as Donghae brushed his mouth against his lips, again and again; placing small erotic kisses on his skin. The water sloshed around him as he ran his fingers on Donghae's shoulders, eventually grasping the material of his shirt to pull him closer. Donghae's strong hands cupped his neck, pulling his chin up while his lips formed over him in an almost accusatory pace, Jake raised himself higher, almost kneeling down on the tub as he responded with equal passion. His quick breaths came out heavily, and his heart hammered against his ribcage as he felt Donghae smirk into their kiss and edge backwards, daring him to kiss him more... Jake didn't care if he simply looked weak as he pushed himself forward, licking Donghae's lips as he demanded entrance when suddenly, a light unexpected moan escaped his throat...

Donghae pulled away, holding him gently by the shoulders and Jake saw that his eyes were twinkling in the heat. He couldn't for life think why he stopped, unless he was still mad at him for some reason...

"I should go and clean the guns" whispered Donghae to his ear and got up, making Jake almost cry out when Donghae's hands left his skin.

"Fuck the guns Donghae" said Jake, raging to hide how much he'd been turned on by a simple kiss.

Donghae laughed, and it made the whole room feel brighter, then he shook his head gently and went out, leaving Jake staring after him in confusion.

Donghae went back to the room, with a satisfied smile playing on his lips, he couldn't exactly explain the reason why he was edgy with Jake, unless admitting that he got jealous for a petty reason. He took out his familiar title 18 from the duffle bag and sat on the bed, meaning to clean the gun as Luca had grilled into his memory. Halfway through the process, images of Jake kissing him naked in the bathtub with droplets of water hanging allover his body crossed through his head... Jake fucking had no idea how hard he had to hold himself when he looked at him.

Donghae snapped back to this world when he felt a movement infront of him. He looked up to see Jake standing a few paces away, his arms were crossed infront of his chest and he was glaring at him. Donghae's eyes travelled down to his lower body, realising that the only thing that covered him was a simple white towel... Donghae was momentarily stunned as he got up in confusion, his hand lightly holding his gun. Jake looked like a wet, sexy little thing... and Donghae felt a chill run down his spine as he realised what he was thinking: that he just wanted to ruin the fuck out of this angelic boy who stood infront of him bathed in yellow light,

Donghae knew he should be careful with Jake, after all, he was his principle, but Donghae just couldn't care less at the moment as he drew himself into his full height, feeling his body burn and adjust to his desires and cravings,

It took only three long strides for Jake to reach and slam his hot lips on Donghae, kissing him furiously with his eyes closed. Donghae wrapped his arms around him, cupping Jake's neck delicately while exploring his body from the other hand until he found the loose knot of the towel. Jake's eyebrows pulled together as their kiss got deeper, and the fabric fell off his slender waist, crumpling on the floor. His hands snaked up on Donghae's chest and tried to pushed him back, when donghae snatched them and picked him up completely off the ground.

"You're provoking me" whispered Donghae, his gruff voice sending chills down Jake's spine as he licked the hollow of his throat, "you shouldn't be doing it"

Jake only had a moment to cry out in surprise before Donghae flung him on the bed, with such force that he couldn't even get up. Panting, he raised himself on his elbows and looked at Donghae who was rapidly taking off his clothes. Jake watched silently as his clothes fell on the floor, admiring the sculpture perfect figure that Donghae always chose to hide behind a shirt.

It felt like a lucid dream to Donghae, touching Jake, the feel of his feverish skin under his finger tips... adrenaline, love and lust pumped throughout his body as he crawled over Hyukjae's delicate frame and pushed him back on to the bed. Jake's skin was so slender and graceful, his mouth was so soft as Donghae hovered his lips over his jawline, down to the base of his milky white throat. He saw Jake's eyes taking him in wonder, his fingers tracing their familiar patterns on his chest and stroking him as he whispered his name over and over again ... Donghae couldn't take it anymore, he leaned up and kissed him, tainting Jake's warm, soft lips as if he was crushing flower rose petals... he ran his tongue over him, not leaving any corner of his mouth untouched..

Jake raised his arms and wrapped them around Donghae's strong neck, running his fingers up across his soft brown hair; gripping it hard, almost raising himself off the bed as he kissed his thin lips back. His passion for Donghae made his skin burn with feverish heat on the places where he was being touched. He didn't know if he was sweating or if it was merely the water droplets that was running down his neck... one of his hands trailed down Donghae's chest, touching and feeling his hard, cord like muscles that flexed above him... Jake's breath hitch when he whispered out Donghae's name, tasting the word like a secret... his whispers gradually turning into moans of lust and wanting, as he trailed his fingers along Donghae's erection, knowing that he himself was heavily turned on beyond control...

Jake shifted under Donghae's body, placing delicate little kisses on Donghae's neck, urging him to be gentle with the touches, but Donghae refused to listen, he brushed his lips against Jake's ear, whispering how much he wanted him inbetween kisses, stroking and palming his length... Jake had to admit, he'd never been in the recieving end before, and Donghae's gentle caressing made him burn and breathe heavily in lust. He felt Donghae's hand trail down down his sides, down his hips; gently tugging his legs up, urging him to response, and Jake allwed him, lifting up his legs and crossing them over Donghae's strong hips... for a moment, both of them breathed hard, staring into each other's eyes, the fire between them burning brighter than ever, Jake closed his eyes, and reaching up, he placed a long kiss on Donghae's lips, a silent yes...

"I won't hurt you" whispered Donghae, and Jake could do nothing but give him a weak nod, while he watched Donghae inserting his fingers to his mouth, licking his fingers until they dripped..

He felt Donghae push one finger slowly into him...and Jake stiffled a scream, arching his body backwards; his warm lips searching feverishly for Donghae's mouth. He knew that the pain must have clearly shown in his face becuase Donghae ran his hand under his neck, slightly lifting his slender figure off the bed before he continued pushing in another two fingers, thrusting them in an and out very slowly.