Hikaru enjoyed all the typical aspects of hypnotizing his husband, rockstar, and professional hypno lover, Zeke.

He loved how easily susceptible the rockstar was. He loved how much even looking at a pocket watch or hearing him speak in a certain tone made him hard. He loved when his brown eyes glazed over, and when he finally fell under his spell and he was able to command anything into him.

But what he loved especially was the part in between all that. When he was inducing Zeke into hypnosis and he was just sleepy. So obviously wanting to close his eyes and fall into that familiar dreamless sleep that felt like he hadn't slept in days. And Hikaru loved being a tease and dragging out that portion of hypnosis as long as possible.

Zeke was stuck in the middle of purgatory. For the past several minutes, he's been staring at that damm pendant, that beautiful silver pendant that made his mind fuzzy just looking at it, and the grin of the smug bastard he loved so much holding it. 

"Come on Ezekiel. You're a good boy, aren't you? And good boys keep watching the pretty pendant as long as it's swinging..." Hikaru said in a sickeningly sweet tone, swinging the pendant slower to draw out Zeke’s sleepy trance.

Zeke’s thick eyebrows furrowed, his captivated mind begging to just drop and enter that sweet hypnotic sleep. It was like torture and the way out was just out of reach. "Babe... it's been so long... Just let me drop, please?"

Hikaru laughs in response, leaning closer to swing the pendant even closer to Zeke’s eyes. "But where's the fun in that? Letting you drop immediately is boring, too simple. Plus, it spoils you. You need to be on your best behaviour and earn your drop like a good boy, then it feels even better for both of us, and it keeps you humble!"

Zeke whimpered, slouching further on the couch as he felt his emptying mind sitting on a fence between complete hypnosis and consciousness. "You're no fun..."

"I dunno, rockstar. I find myself pretty fun since it's quite entertaining to see you like this", Hikaru teased, raising the pendant higher to force Zeke’s head up. "In fact, since you've still got so much bark left in you, I think that's a sign that maybe you need to wait a little longer to drop~"

Tears of frustration began to brim at Zeke’s eyes, whimpering as his mind begged to just shut down and drop. He felt as if he was about to go crazy. By this point, Hikaru began to feel a little guilty, so he finally stopped the pendant's motion and sat down next to his husband, holding him close while whispering into his pierced ear:

"Down you go now..."

As soon as that sentence left the hypnotherapist's lips, Zeke gasped softly, his brown eyes widened and gained a slight gaze. Then finally, he closed them, falling into that sweet dreamless sleep where the only thing he could hear was Hikaru’s voice

"Good boy... I'll leave you like this for a bit before the fun begins.".