Asami "My world now revolves around Takaba Akihito" Ryuichi is going to freaking kill me. He really be out there just falling head over heels for Akihito.
He is, isn’t he? A total goner. All excuses forsaken now that the truth is out there, and also this:
Stuck underground, bathed in sunlight… Again, kudos to Yamane Ayano for breaking the mold and showing that here, the seme is the one seeking comfort, the one admitting his feelings. Asami can’t keep his hands away from Akihito and it’s not just for the sex.
Let’s take this one step further, yeah?
“After being underground for so long”
We have seen what Akihito was up to during their separation. Doing chores, helping the elderly, getting into trouble, hanging out with a monk. And where was Asami?
He was literally underground, torturing people. A brief reminder of that iconic comment Fei Long makes when they meet in Hong Kong:
Without Akihito, this is what life is for Asami Ryuichi. Destroying enemies, exposing traitors, blood, violence, darkness. That is what he has to deal with. That is what life has always been, but now that he knows what it is like to be “bathed in sunlight”, he looks far from happy or indifferent.
Notice those eyes.
Knowing that such lifestyle is one he was pushed into by his father (as we learn from FnS), I can’t help but wonder: does he want out? Is he beginning to consider the possibility of moving away from that darkness, or is it too late? He doesn’t want to be separated from Akihito ever again, but that means he will either drag Akihito into the darkness with him or leave that darkness behind for once and for all. Where do we go from here?
I’m very curious to see what happens now that Asami’s world revolves around Akihito, as you said, because it poses a problem (and a choice) that they will have to face sooner or later, and that choice will have a hefty price tag attached to it.










