Cherished

Almost from the beginning, Chiaki had understood what it took most others years to understand; to dominate was to protect. Without a submissive, a dominant was nothing, had nothing. He would be as empty as a man without a heart. A submissive without a dominant was that heart, laid bare and vulnerable to the world to be wounded and crushed. Only together, with that heart beating safely inside a strong chest could they be whole and happy.