Lover & Fighter ((Ryouta Basket & Pigeon))

[Kotorichan]

Ein smiled and stood up. "Well, I am glad to hear that." He gently helped the boy out of bed. "Now, let me give you a tour of my palace" He walked out into the hall, everything was incredibly fancy and clean. There were huge windows that let in sunlight and gave a beautiful view of the forest and the town nearby. "I take pride in making sure I listen to what my people need from me... I've heard so much about countries falling apart because the royalty cares only for themselves." He started to walk down the hall. "So I always do my best to meet the needs of even the poorest civilian"

[Ryouta]

He was glad??Why??It was too far for Ryou, he wasn`t even an adult yet, when he touched his body to help him. The other shivered a bit and managed to stand. His hand hurt a bit, so he moaned a low voice! He smiled at the other."T...thanks..."He looked around at the walls and stuffs, well, it wasn`t so surprising since he had always seen them himself in his own castle but he was happy that he got out of the room, he tried to listen to what the other was saying! He seemed bright and intelligent. He liked him, if only his bigger brother was like that too. He was still messed with the things he said too him , looked down and asked quietly."What about wars and stuff?" He wanted to know if the young prince had the same feelings as him or not?

[Kotorichan]

"Wars?" Ein sighed softly at the word. "I hate war and violence... I understand that we have to defend ourselves if someone attacks us... But my father thinks that other countries are all wrong and we need to fix them somehow" He shook his head sadly. "all it does is kill innocent people... it's so pointless... I've been trying to delay his plans to invade Harakouyu... I just hope I can find ways to stall him until I take the throne." He glanced at the boy with a sad smile. "I'm sorry Haru, I must be boring you with all this talk of politics"

[Ryouta]

He got incredibly happy when he heard those words, so he felt the same,right? He thought to that all this was meaningless! He was the first prince but he didn`t care about war and such. It made him want to tell him that he feels the same and doesn`t like that his father and brother are fighting with your country too! But he couldn`t! If he said that he would be killed! He was sure but he didn`t want to die! He wanted to live since he was so young! "Not at all...that made me relieved!"He said with gentle tone of voice."You are a perfect prince?So that means you`ll soon turn to 18, when is the throne?" He asked curiously!

[Kotorichan]

Ein couldn't help but smile at the boy. Somehow it made him happy to see someone appreciate his efforts. It wasn't easy to get his father to hold off on attacking their neighbors, the old man was starting to lose his mind in his old age. "I'm turning eighteen in three months... But so much damage can be done in that time, it makes me worried that my father will do something horrible..." he sighed sadly. "he hates our neighboring countries, he has strange beliefs about them performing human sacrifice to curse him... Its complete madness..."

[Ryouta]

The other boy was going to be an adult in three months!He laughed slowly and looked at the other with his beautiful eyes. "I`m still a child...I just turned 16."He listened to the other. As he heard the word "sacrifice" he shivered and held his chest tightly, looking scared."He really do that?That`s rude..."He remembered that he was the king and Ein his son, he bowed."Sorry,I...i just..."He felt sad for the poor people, he wanted to cry! Why his country was doing this??It was meaningless so why?He looked at the other as his tears gathered around his eyes!

[Kotorichan]

"a child? I think that the years you have lived have nothing to do with whether or not you're an adult. That depends on what choices you make..." Ein frowned deeply when he noticed the tears in the boy's eyes. "please don't be sad, I know how hard it is to think about this sort of thing..." he gently touched Haru's cheek. "I don't blame you for being upset... I also feel angry when I think about the injustices that my family has done... But I promise you that I am doing all that can be done to prevent any further suffering." he assumed that Haru was just sad that people might end up getting hurt.

[Ryouta]

He liked his words as he looked down and nodded. "Yeah you are right."He put away his tears as he felt the other`s warm hand on his cheek! He loved how warm the other was, he smiled and blushed deeply looking away, with a cute expression on his face. He was adorable like that. He started walking again and remembered something as he always wished for."Ah! Can I see the stables?" He had never ride a horse before but he wanted to try it if his prince would let him! He looked around and bowed to the other, sightly asked him again, With a gentle tone of voice.He looked up at the other ."Omegaishimasu!" He couldn`t wait anymore!

[Kotorichan]

"Of course" Ein smiled at the sight of the boy's excitement. It was really cute. "This way" he said. He led Haru through the halls and down to the stables. There were about thirty horses, all which were well kept and the whole stable was perfectly taken care of. Ein walked over to a light gray horse and gently touched its nose. "This one is mine, her name is Aoi... have you ever ridden a horse?" He asked, turning to look at the boy. "If not I could teach you how to ride one, we have lots of horses that don't belong to anyone in paticular"

[Ryouta]

He followed the other as they went to the stables, he was excited! Even his castle had stables too but he never could get tired of it or horses. He walked to the gray horse of him and touched it gently, she seemed that she liked the new member of the palace."She is beautiful, good girl Aoi!" He looked at the other and smiled, still a little red but not nervous anymore.He moved his head. "No, I actually am good in it! I just hadn`t try it for a while." Because his father didn`t let him to leave the palace even if he wanted to go the garden or stables.He got really happy since he hadn`t own one before. "Can I?Oh! thanks, thanks...Em, can I choose?" He said walking to a black one as he petted him!" Good boy! Can I name him?" He suddenly looked sad."I`ll name you Ryou." He didn`t want to forget his real name, no....He didn`t.

[Kotorichan]

Ein smiled as he watched the boy pet the horse. "That's a beautiful name..." He said softly. He really meant it. Of course he had no idea what it really meant. It just sounded so beautiful to him. "Would you like to go for a ride right now?" He did his best not to stare at Haru. He really was so attractive, and the prince couldn't help but wonder what the sad expression meant. "Are you alright? you look like something is on your mind..." He was struck by a sudden thought "could it be that Ryou was the name of someone you lost?" he asked, his voice filled with concern.

[Ryouta]

He saw the other found out about his pale face, he smiled again and moved his head with no word, he didn`t want to tell another lie. His expression turned back to normal and he brushed brightly because of the excitement. "Really!!"He moved his head "Mm~"He said as he tried to sat on the horse`s back but he couldn`t believe it, he was a little confused of how to do it, Well...8 months was a long time and he hadn`t ride one since but he managed to do it, he was panting lightly as he smiled at the other and asked kindly. "Won`t you come my prince?"He petted the horse and hugged his tightly."You are a nice horse..."

[Kotorichan]

Ein laughed softly as he watched the boy. "he needs a saddle first. I'll go get one of the stable boys" he walked off until he found a servant. He ordered the servant to get the two horses ready to be ridden. The servant did as he was told and Ein went back to Haru. "there, that should make it easier for you to ride... Do you need help remembering how to do anything?" he watched Haru with a smile, he was so cute. He really hoped that he could get Haru to like him. But it might end up being impossible. He sighed softly at the thought.

[Ryouta]

He was so stupid that he forgot it needs a saddle."That`s why I couldn`t come up!"He shook his head slowly and looked away with a bright blush on the cheek."P..please don`t laugh, Ein sama!" He felt better as the saddles were set up. He nodded and smiled deeply."No! I can do so you don`t have to bother yourself about it. "He slowly led the horse to the front as he let it go faster,he looked back at his prince and shouted at him because there was a distance between."Ein sama...please come" He said suddenly his eyes met an archer aiming to the prince as he shoot a pole at him, he ran the horse fast to defend him as the Ryou horse came in front of the prince and it met Ryou`s shoulder. He fell on the grass as he felt dizzy, he couldn`t keep his eyes open anymore.

[Kotorichan]

Ein happily followed Haru outside. He laughed softly as he watched the boy go faster and hurried to follow him. He didn't noticed the archer and so was very confused when Haru came running back to him. He gasped when the arrow seemed to appear out of thin arm. He jumped off his horse and hurried to the boy's side. "Haru! Guards! Come quickly" He shouted. Guards came running towards them to catch the assassin. Ein cradled Haru in his arms. "Haru, oh god... please be okay..." He scooped the boy up in his arms and ran towards the castle to get a doctor.

[Ryouta]

He opened his eyes but it was hard to and his right hand hurt too much since it had two wounds on it now. He managed to see the room of his a bit and his memory came back and tried to sat up." Prince!!Is prince okay?" He asked and he was worried if the other was hurt or not. The doctor lay him down and continued covering his injure."You shouldn`t move. He is fine, don`t be worry!" He sighed and felt at ease when he heard that. Was he really fine? "He smiled and his tears fell down again."Thank goodness!" He groaned a bit when doctor was looking at his shoulder because it hurt . He wanted to see his prince again. He had to see by his own eyes that he was fine.

[Kotorichan]

Ein had been talking to the head of the guards. He knew that there had been a lot of attempts at his life but this was such a close call. They had to figure out some way to keep the prince safe, but until then Ein shouldn't go outside. Ein understood the reasoning but he still wished that it didn't have to come to this. He liked to take the time to visit the town and get to know his subjects. He sadly made his way back to his own room, but stopped when he remembered that he hadn't checked on Haru yet. He went straight to the boy's room and knocked before entering.

[Ryouta]

The doctor closed his injure with a bandage and afterward he started examining his arm that he hurt when he was escaping from the palace. Then he warned the other not to push himself hard and rest and he left the room afterward. He sighed and looked at the roof. He didn`t know if he could stay in his room for a few day and he wasn`t still comfortable with it. He wondered if his horse was okay or not? He put his hand on his should but as he did he whined again. He tried to stood up slowly and he walked to the and picked up his clothes. He didn`t like to be naked a lot even it was his room. He changed his pants and he wanted to put on his shirt that somebody knocked "Yes?"he came in. It was the prince, he blushed slowly and wore his shirt fast as he bowed. "Are you alright my prince?" His shoulder hurt again and he growled.

[Kotorichan]

Ein hurried over to him, he was worried that the boy shouldn't be standing up yet. "I'm fine thanks to you... Haru, you should really lay down... You're injured." He carefully led Haru back to the bed and sat down with him. "Please just rest, I'm really very grateful that you saved me..." he gently smiled at the boy. "I suppose this means that I'm in your debt, doesn't it?" he gently took Haru's hand and squeezed it. He was sad that the boy had gotten hurt, but was also relieved that Haru's life didn't seem to be in any danger from the wound.

[Ryouta]

He nodded and walked to the bed as he sat down and leaned to the wall, still growling quietly. His prince said such kind thing and he held his hands. He was warm and he liked it, he smiled deeply and moved the other hand into the air. "No...no...You are not in my debt my prince, what are you saying?"He squeezed his hand and looked down."Thank you...and I am very grateful that you didn`t get hurt." He suddenly recalled something and looked at the other again."Oh...Did the guards catch the person that wanted to hurt you?" He asked in a worried face as his expression changed into an angry face."I won`t let them hurt you, not a chance!" He fist his hands and beat his lips, he was so angry that he wanted to crush that person. The prince was like his brother right now and he didn`t want him to be injured.

[Kotorichan]

Ein laughed softly at the boy's sudden display of anger. "they haven't found him yet, but they're looking... I'm going to have extra body guards for awhile so you don't need to worry about me getting hurt" he gently ran his fingers through Haru's hair. "thank you for your concern" he was glad that the boy seemed to care about his well being, but he was worried that Haru didn't seem to be taking care of himself as much. "please rest, I don't want you to push yourself too much..." he said gently. "please just take this time to get better"

[Ryouta]

The other`s words were gentle and kind. He had truly loved it since he hadn`t received love from anybody even from his parents so much, they didn`t actually care about him. He looked down and his eyes started shining out of happiness and he closed his eyes and held his chest tightly as he said in a gentle voice."Thanks." He paused a bit as he looked at the other with his green eyes."Thank you for caring for me!" His tears started falling from his cheeks, he tried hard not to sob."I...I`m so grateful that...I`ve met you..."He couldn`t help himself. He leaned his head to the other`s chest and continued."I`m sorry that I`m being impolite but...I`m so happy that I am not alone again, not any longer...so glad..."He silenced afterward, started shivering held his injured shoulder.

[Kotorichan]

Ein gasped at the sight of his tears. "Haru? What's wrong?" He wrapped an arm around the boy, careful not to touch his injured arm. "you're okay... you're not being impolite..." he smiled softly, cupping the younger boy's cheek in his hand. "you don't have to thank me for caring for you, it's not like I'm going to stop if you aren't grateful" he laughed softly. "I genuinely care about you Haru, I'm glad you're okay and I hope you get better soon... So please don't cry, you don't have to be alone ever again, okay?" he gently kissed Haru's forehead.

[Ryouta]

He nodded and felt better as the other held him back. He held him even tighter and smiled but still tears falling from his eyes. As the other wrapped his cheeks and kissed his forehead, he felt at ease and kinda like it, the warmth of his lips still remained on his small head as he touched the place with his fingers and redden lightly as he slowly moved back looking at the other`s brown eyes."The think that you told me...That you like men more than women...Do you mean that you want to love men instead of women...Like kiss and s..."He was curious that he wanted to know what did the other mean by those stuff and saying that he won`t force him to....What was it exactly about?

[Kotorichan]

Ein's cheeks turned bright red in embarrassment at the question. He pulled away a little bit and looked away from the boy. "yes... I like men more... I am more interested in relationships with men and things like kissing and..." he hesitated for a moment, extremely flustered. "a-and sex... But of course I don't want to make you feel like you have to so that sort of thing with me, I mean I find you extremely attractive but..." he trailed off and pushed his hair out of his face. "I'm sorry, I seem to be making this far more awkward than it needs to be..."