A/N: Short drabble about Ryuuki/Seien being brotherly cute. Beware chibi-Ryuuki has kitten cuteness that can kill and/or break hearts xD OS for now but I might add more chapters concerning Ryuuki/Seien and/or Ryuuki/Seiran later on, when another idea hits me. Its actually planned that this is going to be a Ryuuki/Seiran/Seien-centric drabble series.

Disclaimer: As always I own nothing, Sai Yukino does own all.

Chapter 1: Frog

Ryuuki held still and didn´t moved while his elder brother kept hitting him, with his fists and feet. He didn´t even whimper, he knew there was no sense in doing so, for it would only strengthen up the pleasure for his brother and motivated him to even beat him up more.

„How dare you to answer me back, you little brat?, the third prince spitted, his voice trembling of animosity. „Know your place, you are nothing, NOTHING!!!"

„Oh, how so, I wonder?", suddenly an ice cold voice broke through the prince´s rage and forced him instantly to stop. He turned around, just to look in the hateful, calculating eyes of his brother Seien, who was staring back at him, full of derision.

„How so I wonder, he repeated. If he´s nothing then WHAT are you, hmm?"

Seien-anuie, thought Ryuuki assuaged, but still didn´t dare to move, because he knew his elder brother was still in front of him and could hit him anytime. Every spot of his tiny body ached but that didn´t matter for Ryuuki anymore, because Seien-anuie was there to help him now.

„Seien, I-I didn´t hear you approaching", the third prince answered lightly startled.

„I guess you were busy then, right? Did I interrupt something, younger brother?", Seien questioned in an innocent singsong, which tone jolted a shower over the prince´s back.

The prince growled out of frustration, he was clever enough to understand this mere sentence of Seien as a threat and knew exactly what he was capable of. „Fine, then. Take that bastard, you spoiled all the fun anyway." With a last spiteful look to the coiled up purple bunch in the grass, he turned around and ran away to the inner palace rooms.

Seien waited until he was out of sight, before he squatted down to his youngest brother. His eyes seemed to soften up, as well his voice. „That low-life is gone, you can look up now." His brother obeyed immediately, cocked his head and watched up to Seien ...and smiled. Seien couldn´t help but to be astonished about the little boy in front of him, he was covered in bruises, probably in pain but smiled at him as if nothing had happened.

„Really, Ryuuki look at you, he sighed, you are all dirty and hurt again. Haven´t I told you to hold distance to our idiotic brothers? I can´t protect you all the time."

His words seem to break Ryuuki´s smiling facade „Seien-aaaaniuuuue", he cried out loud and stormed into his arms, sobbing heavily. Seien was too surprised at Ryuuki´s immediate reaction, so he just stood there for a moment, trying to appease his devastated little brother in his arms, whose tears were flowing over his cheeks and slowly wetted his robe by now. Seien´s heart could not get easily moved, but if there was something which made it possible that he felt his heart aching, it was seeing his little brother crying like this. Those bastards, one day they will pay for this, he thought angrily.

„It´s okay Ryuuki, it´s over now." He took the little boy carefully up, onto his arms, „Come on, lets treat your wounds." Ryuuki´s sobbing started to cease, he looked inquiringly to his brother, his eyes still blurred from the tears. He would never cry in front of the other elder brothers of his but in Seien´s arms it was okay to give in that the bruises hurt, for he would make the pain go away again.

„Where are we going?", Ryuuki quietly asked, his head and tiny hands nuzzled into the robe of his brother.

„To the pond, I´ll need a bit of water to wash your face", Seien shortly replied, while he took another turn to arrive at their destination. He let the little boy down and teared the fabric of one of his sleeves apart until he had a good amount of fabric in his hands.

„Aniue, you destroy your robe!", exclaimed Ryuuki bewildered.

„Yes, that´s part of the plan", he smiled and dipped a bit of the fabric in the cold water of the pond and bowed down to his brother.

„Now, please hold still, Ryuuki", Seien said and began to carefully clean the dirty and bruised face of his brother. The little prince winced slightly at its contact, but did not complain, the cold water felt good on his wounded skin after all.

Croak, croak...

Croak croak...

Weird little quacking noises came out of the direction of Ryuuki´s sleeve. Seien confused the sound but he thought it was from the frogs behind them in the pond, so he continued his treating.

Croak, croak...

There it was again. Now Seien stopped his doing, as he saw with bewilderment how Ryuuki´s mouth flew open and how his face suddenly brightened up in realization „Sei-chaaaan, you are alive", he squealed and fumbled with his tiny hands into his sleeves. The next thing Seien saw was a little green frog, sitting calmly in the palm of Ryuuki´s hand.

„Sei-chan you are okay. Oh Ryuuki is soooo happy now", he squeaked cheery. He completely had forgotten about his pain or aching bruises by now.

„Sei-chan? You gave a frog a name?", Seien quirked one eyebrow.

„Yes, I named it after Aniue," he declared proudly.

„You named a frog...after me??", Seien was utterly perplexed.

„Haaiiii, this is Sei-chan. I named him after Anuie because he was there for me and played with me when I was lonely, but he´s soooo little thats why I named him Sei-chan and not Sei--eeen", Ryuuki explained with starry eyes. „Are you angry now, aniue that the frog has the same name?

„No, no, Seien laughed. I think in this case it is okay." Deep inside, his heart got moved a bit more, which only Ryuuki was able to do so easily.

„B-But then Sei-chan ran away and I was afraid that he get hurt so I followed him as fast I could", he told Seien excited with waving arms „...and that´s how I met elder brother. He was about to stomp on Sei chan, so I screamed that he should go away. Fortunately he hopped into my direction again and I put him into my sleeves again but than elder brother..." Ryuuki´s voice broke.

„I knew it was stupid of Ryuuki to scream at the mean elder brother, but I had to protect little Sei-chan... like Seien-anuie always protects me", he nodded resolutely with a serious expression in his face. „But after he started beating me, I was soo afraid that Sei-chan gets hurt, so I´m really, really glad that he is okay."

Seien was again astonished by this little boy, he indeed never ceased to surprise him. Ryuuki braced up all his courage, yelled at the third prince even in the knowledge he would get beaten badly by him for that. All this in order to protect this little creature? That was remarkable, probably remarkable stupid but also innocent, cute act, because he had thought of the frog as his little brother, he had to take care of. Inwardly Seien regretted that Ryuuki presumably never was going to be king, because he was the only one with a heart, a conscience and compassion for others in this cold, heartless place. Even Seien couldn´t say this from himself, was his heart most the time frozen and melted only in the bright eyes of his little brother. All what he could do is to protect that pure heart of him as good he was capable to protect it, so that Ryuuki could remain the kind little person he now was.

The childish voice of Ryuuki put him out of his thoughts „Oh look Seien-anuie, seems like that Sei-chan wanted to go home", he exclaimed surprised, as the frog hopped down from his hands and into the direction of the pond ..until he eventually disappeared with a tiny plop into it.

„But I did protect Sei-chan, didn´t I?", Ryuuki looked inquiring at his brother, eyes-widened.

„Yes, smiled Seien and tousled the little boy´s hair." You really did well, Ryuuki."

A/N: Okay it became a longer drabble after all but hence...it kills with cuteness :D Little Ryuuki is cuter than a basket full of little puppy's. Period. Also it seems like I never can keep things short xD However I will add a new short story as soon my plot bunny inspires me enough again. It seems to be a good balance to all the angst cookies I´m currently eating in my other story.