A/n: Ah… The AUness has captured me once more… mmm well… don't hate me for this people :D I am basing this off on this very sweet manga I read. It's called Dousaibou Seibutsu, it's in mangafox. Also, OhMyGoshsickels' review in one story was what prompted me more.

Warnings: AUness, OOCness

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Chapter 1: The Prince Meets His Angel

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He heard sobs coming from somewhere near. This path he walked along, he was sure in the nine years of his life that he has never passed here. This Halloween eve, Hikaru expected that all the kids would rejoice, would want to go around ringing bells on the houses' doors. And yet now, he was hearing the sobs of this one kid, and he couldn't help but look for that person, as if attracted to them.

Hikaru made his way along the pathway, he was careful not to snag his costume on the bushes and the twigs sticking out from the ground. His mother had given him his prince's outfit and it was quite elegant for someone his age. It was pure white; his outfit looked like the prince's from the classic Disney movie Cinderella.

He finally reached the person. Oh, he tilted his head slightly to the side; the person crying was a boy. He was dressed as an angel, he only wore plain clothes. A white button-down shirt paired with matching pants. Everything looked plain, but those wings, nothing was compared to how realistic they looked. They were pure white and just so captivating, shined by the simple light of the moon. He inched on nearer, a twig snapping itself under his foot.

The one crying snapped his head up, looking for whoever the person was that disturbed him. "Who's there?" The boy dressed as an angel shouted into the darkness of the forest. He wiped away his tears frantically, wanting to hide the fact he had just cried. Hikaru was shocked; the boy looked exactly like him.

The boy as a Prince was a little hesitant of coming out of his hiding place. Was he, or was he not to face this boy? He decided, he may as well should if the other had already clued in that there was someone watching him. He came out from the bushes, holding tightly onto his tote bag of candies. He was careful not to let it snag on some of the bushes.

"Sorry… I didn't mean to…"

"Go away… Leave me alone." The angel whispered slowly, sniffling a little.

Hikaru didn't move at all from his spot. He approached, taking little steps towards the boy as an angel. He sat down next to him, only to have the other inch away. Dipping his hand in his bag, he took a piece of candy, his favourite brand; he offered it to the other, only to have his hand slapped away. He picked up the piece of candy and still kept it at hand, just in case the other would finally accept it.

He buried his face further into his arms, with his knees propped up against his chest. "Why won't you leave me alone?"

Hikaru didn't know what to answer to that, why was he here? Eh, and how did he drift into this unknown walking area in the first place?

"Why are you crying…?" Hikaru asked, his voice merely a whisper.

Hikaru heard the other sniffle a little and lifted a hand to wipe away some of his tears and snot using his sleeve. Hikaru moved closer and held his hand back, making the other flinch a little. "Wait," he said as he took something from his pocket before the other could continue on wiping his tears. "Here, use this, wouldn't want you to be all sticky and gross."

The other only stared at the handkerchief, not taking it from Hikaru's grasp. When the prince had concluded that the other won't take it, he himself instead placed it over the angel's palm, also placing the candy from earlier on top. "Th-thank you…" The mysterious boy mumbled.

"So, would you tell me why you're crying already?" Hikaru asked with a cheeky grin.

"Th-the other kids kept teasing me…" The angel said over the rustling of the trees. "They say that my outfit sucks…"

"Oh, well then they're wrong."

"R-really?"

Hikaru took a lollipop from his tote bag and began sucking on it, "Mmhmm," he mumbled, his lips suckling on the sweet treat.

The other blushed a little and stared at the candy the other gave him. His eyebrows furrowed a little at the middle. "What is this?" He said, turning it over.

Hikaru stared incredulously at the boy before him. He doesn't know what candy is?! He pulled out the lollipop from his mouth with a soundly pop. "You haven't ever tried candy ever in your life?" He almost shouted.

The other just tilted his head to the side. "Candy?"

"Are you serious?" He took another sweet from his bag, careful to not let go of his lollipop. It was similar to the candy he had given the other. "Here… you eat it like this." He unwrapped the sweet, finding it was strawberry flavoured, and tossed it into his mouth.

"Oh…" The other fumbled with the wrapper, not exactly sure of how to unwrap it.

Hikaru sighed, "Let me." He took the candy away, though he was careful not to surprise him with any of his movements. He unwrapped that sweet as well and held it with his forefinger and thumb. "Ta da!" Hikaru said with a cheeky grin.

And without knowing it, the other suddenly leaned towards Hikaru's hand, taking the candy into his lips. Some of his saliva landed on the prince's fingers. He looked at it and blanched slightly. "Eeeewe. Was that absolutely necessary?" He asked, placing the lollipop within his mouth once more.

"Hmm?" The other just tilted his head to this side in curiosity. Hikaru sighed for the umpteenth time that night, and all of which weren't in bemusement, rather, they were in endearment. Affinity, even.

"So," Hikaru said from the short, but comfortable, silence that drifted between them as the angel had been chewing on his candy, "what's your name? I'm Hikaru."

The other seemed a little hesitant, but nonetheless, "I'm Kaoru, nice to meet you." Kaoru said with a smile.

Now that Hikaru had figure out that the other's name was Kaoru, there weren't really anything much he could think of talking to him about. He reached up a hand, stroking the wing closest to him as lightly as possible, only to have the soft feathers tickling his fingers. He stared in amazement, they were soft. But, they were oh so realistic. Like birds' feathers, he was sure that the rain wouldn't even rumple them.

"They're so beautiful…" He mumbled to himself.

Kaoru heard this and blushed a little, stretching his wing out. "Thank you."

Hikaru suddenly jumped back in surprise. "Woah! That's so cool! How did you do that?" His lollipop fell to the ground.

The wing softly caressed Hikaru's cheek, "This? It's easy." Kaoru stood up, stretching both his wings. "See?" He flapped them a little.

The other stood up as well and dusted himself. "I still think it's amazing…"

Kaoru lowered his gaze. "At least you think that… Other kids are making fun of how I look."

"Awe, come on now, they're blind then."

Kaoru shuffled his feet, "You're really kind… And thank you, for the candy. It was really yummy."

"Don't mention it." He noticed that the candy from the other's mouth was already finished.

Suddenly, Kaoru looked up, alarmed. He looked behind him and stared forlornly at Hikaru. "Sorry, I think I have to go… My brother, he's calling me already."

"Really? But, I don't hear anything."

"I'm really sorry. I hope we meet again." He turned back, readying to depart.

Hikaru grabbed him by his wrist, "Wait! Erm… Here," He took of the chain from his costume, in truth, it was a silver pocket watch, a rose engraved on its cover. "So you can return that to me when we meet again," he surely must've gone to the nearest school in this place couldn't he?

Kaoru stared at the watch a little, and then took it. He giggled slightly, prompting Hikaru to be curios. "What is it?"

"It's like, how the prince returned Cinderella's glass slipper. Except, you're not Cinderella and I'm not a prince." He giggled a little more. The sad looks in his eyes disappearing a little.

Hikaru looked to his side as realization dawned over him, his cheeks reddening. "But…" He was absolutely embarrassed, but still, "I'm your prince then. But you're not Cinderella, but an angel. So that means you're my angel, right?" He looked up a determined look on his face. "So that means," his eyebrows furrowed a little, a look of a nine year old concentrating on his face, "we will meet again! We have to!"

Kaoru smile wider, "Yeah…" He trailed off, a new light of determination in his eyes as well. "Yeah! We'll meet again!"

Kaoru ran towards him, hugging him in a tight embrace, Hikaru's eyes closing a little with the laughter and the absolute joy he felt, because this person, he was only meant for him now, right? And that thought made him happy, because now he knows someone would always be there for him.

And Kaoru was suddenly gone. Leaving a smiling Hikaru with a tear stained face.

A/n: OhMyGoshsickels, I hope I met your expectations. :P

Eh, I feel like this can be classified as complete, but, do you think I should still write a sequel or chapter two or something? Or leave it at this?

On a side note: review please?