Another five weeks had passed since Aski and Raiska had met. They were now going out on a regular base, giving each other more of their passion, igniting each other even more. The red-head actually completely forgot about Sevel, about the labs, about anything what had happened in those three months he and the doctor had been working on subject 11/17. Even the nightmares had stopped... but he didn't want to go back, ever again.

The thing was, he had tasted how sweet life could be. He didn't care what day it would be with Sevel, he wanted to be happy and live for the here and now. After all, he had spent more than enough time in those cursed labs. Guilt didn't even come to him, as Raiska took good care of him – and therefore, feelings like guilt didn't have any room.

Sometimes, the raven-head caught him slightly distracted, and then immediately changed that into complete awareness. Aski had to admit that someone paying so much attention to him was quite appealing, and Raiska really tried to show him just how much he meant to the raven-head. Therefore, there didn't seem to be any reason at all to return to the place he loathed.

"Say, you're thinking about this male still?" Raiska asked one time, while they were occupied with teasing each other. "Not really, no." Aski honestly replied, snickering as the raven-head gave him this seductive smirk of his. "Then I'll make you forget him completely, promised." It may was quite difficult, but as the raven-head put that much effort into the task to make him forget... it might even turn out to be successful.

Indeed, Raiska put quite some time into his task to let Aski forget about all those humiliating moments at the labs. The raven-head never failed to surprise his beloved, and like this, he could distract the red-head this much Aski really forgot about any of his duties. But they weren't anyone near interesting at that moment.

His private life, finally, had become something he loved. For normal, he would have been alone, almost doomed in some way. But with Raiska, it was a whole different world. It was like those things like 'subjects' and 'labs' didn't even exist at all. They had each other, and that was enough to calm him down.

And still... there was a little part of him thinking of Sevel.

In his dreams, he may didn't see the eyes any longer, but now, he saw what he thought could have become of the strange male. Nothing like the other subjects he had seen, neither 7/3 with his bulky appearance or 1/20 with this horrifying impact... it was just a human being, with a littel unusual eyes. Deep purple, slitted pupils, but not more. What was so wrong about that?

Sevel began hunting him. He didn't remember at mornings, but at night, he was sweating and crying out lowly for Sevel to stop, but it was no use. Raiska didn't dare to wake him, as he feared he might cause serious damage if he did that. Not that he always noticed it, but if, then he was worried about Aski. What worried him even more, though, was the fact Aski never remembered anything of those dreams.

Plus, there were news about strange happenings around the city. Noone could explain what was going on, only that there seemed to be mass panics without real cause, suicides without explanation, mysterious murders... Both males got pretty upset by that, but none of them could really believe the news.

"What do you think of all of that?" Aski shrugged his shoulders, biting his lower lip. He could imagine where it probably all came from, but that would have been hilarious. Unleashing the uncontrolled powers of the subjects upon a city full of innocents? In the own country? That didn't make any sense at all.

"I don't know what I should think about it, if there is anything about it all. I mean... I can imagine a cause, but I am sure it isn't what I'm imagining." Raiska gave him a concerned look, and the red-head knew what the other was thinking about. "Yes... it has to do with this male I said I had to leave behind." he added after a while, having grown quiet. Raiska closed his arms around him, making him feel protected and at the same time choked. There was something in the air... an unbearable tension. And it grew stronger by the second.

"I'm scared, Aski. I don't know what is happening around us, and you having those dreams you never remember..." The raven-head lifted his hands, looking helpless when doing so. "It's okay, Raiska, really. It has nothing to do with those dreams, I'm sure of it." If Aski just had known what exactly those dreams were about, then he may would have taken back his words just now.

After some days, the initial panic stopped, and there seemed to be no reason to assume it ever would come back. Aski was relieved and at the same time even more worried, Raiska as well. There was no reason for it, but they felt like they were under attack. Maybe it was a mutual paranoia, but there was no doubt about the fact that something from the past half year was coming up again. Not only for Aski, but for Raiska, too.

At some point, the raven-head couldn't hold back any longer. He had to know more about Aski's mysterious former boyfriend, even if it was completely unrelated to the strange incidents. "Aski?" The red-head looked up, confused by the anxiety showing on Raiska's expression. "I need to know something. You and this male... how were you related? What was this whole leaving thing about?"

Raiska got the impression that he had said something wrong, as Aski's face mirrored his own. "It's nothing I am proud of... you have to know that." the red-head began, shuddering as he sat down on the couch in the living room. And it maybe could bring Raiska into great danger. If he knows about the subjects, I haven't got any doubt at all the doctors will regard him as well as me as a threat. That would be horrible...

After a moment of hesitation, he went on: "And it could mean danger for both you and me. What I am telling you is not supposed to ever be heard by anyone I haven't been working with. But I guess, at some point, it has to come out, right?" Raiska nodded slowly, not liking this change of the theme at all.

"You see, the reason why I was sent back home for some time... was that I had a breakdown. I told you that. But not the exact reason, right?" Again, the raven-head agreed, as Aski never had mentioned what had been the cause for this omnious breakdown. "So? What was the reason, Aski? Was it something like burnout? Or a shock?" At the word 'shock', the red-head tensed up, shuddering. "A shock, yes. A shock I could overcome thanks to you."

Raiska didn't look to convinced yet, as he had the feeling that a shock needed more time than two months to be really overcome. "Are you sure it was a shock? I mean, it sounds a little fantastic to me... even though you barely told me anything up to now." Aski rubbed his hands against each other, seeming to search for the proper words to explain what he was meaning.

"It was... the sight of what can become of a human being. Or what I think was the result of a long testing series. I can't explain how it possibly could have come that far, but it is reality there have been some experiments happening having changed their subjects into something noone would consider as 'human' any longer." Raiska blinked, confused by that development. It seemed like Aski was fed up with holding all of those dirty secrets back, and wanted to just blurt it all out.

"What... what has become of them, Aski?" the raven-head asked, almost breathless, not believing how intensely he reacted to that. Was it true? Didn't Aski just try to scare him and then laugh about his childish reaction? "Living weapons. I... I don't know if there are more than the seven they have talked about, but I'm sure that even so, they are able to cause a nation-wide suffering. How that will happen, I can't tell... but I feel it will happen."