Story Tittle: I think I hate him. Correction. I definitely hate him.

Warning: Shizuka Doumeki x Kimihiro Watanuki

Rated: Slightly progressing towards Mature with chapters

Chapter 1: An encounter. Shared pasts.

Prologue

Watanuki Kimihiro live a quiet life in a mysterious shop inside a forest. Mysterious shop that rumoured to be the place of a witch reside in. A dimensional witch to be specific. She would grant you a wish. Any wish as long as the payment is equals to the price of the wish that is made.

The witch name is Ichihara Yuuko and to Watanuki Kimihiro. She is more of a slave driver to him that an actual scary witch that he reads in the book as a child.

The town people of course doesn't believe the stories about the all powerful witch that leave in the forest at the edge of the town. To them it was just a baseless rumor since some had search the forest their entire life and had never encountered the shop. They said you choose what you want to believe.

The villagers that live at the edge of the forest knew better. Once awhile they saw a boy with black hair and eyes bluer than the sky, skin fairer that any maiden walks out the forest with two young girl with two pair of dead eyes in tow. They will go to market purchasing sustenance, food stock and ridiculous amount of alcohol before disappearing back into the forest.

A curious on looker has finally gave in into his curiosity and followed the boy. He return to village spooked and shaken. He claimed that he saw the boy just vanished into the thin air among the trees.

Doumeki Shizuka is 19 years old. Some people might have said that he has a lot of luck. He is describe as tall and handsome. Strong and athletic. A perfect prince to ascend the throne when he came of age. The only thing, he needs is a beautiful strong woman to be his Queen when he finally became the king.

What people did not know is he was not a healthy child, He was born weak and susceptible to illness, that he wore a yukata until he is 6 years old to make his body stronger. What they don't know is he did not need a Queen. He has found his queen when he is 9 years old.

xxx-present time-xxx

What? No! Yuuko, I'm not going to marry this bastard". The entire king's household gasp in shock as a lanky boy with dark haired and deep azure blue eyes insulted their crown prince.

No, this must been a dream. A nightmare. The witch has lure him here under the false pretense of visiting an old friend when this has been her plan all along

The said prince just stares at the boy with a raise brow. "Look, look Yuuko. He is being rude right now." Watanuki know he is whining right now but he can't find it in himself to care about how he is behaving because hell no, he is not going to marry him. Not under any circumstance even if he had to serve Yuuko all his life. Just no.

"Don't they make an interesting pair", Yuuko says fanning herself with her paper fan totally ignoring him and the king that look a lot like the rude bastard (watanuki had just notice the resemblance) chuckles and agrees.

"Yes. A perfect match indeed". Both of them agreed.

Doumeki Shizuka couldn't agree more.

*10 years ago* Doumeki is 9 years old.

"Here. For you". Doumeki had put a lot of effort into this. He asked his mother what kind of gift he should bring to someone he likes and his mother said that girls likes pretty things like flowers.

The woodland creature he met was not a girl but the boy sure does act like one. Shizuka thinks it would works on him the same. And so, he brought some flowers for the woodland creature.

"What is this?" The woodland creature asked staring at his hand like he has just handed him poison ivy.

For having a pretty face, the woodland creature is surely slow. Doumeki thought. Maybe it is because April's first did not study like Doumeki does everyday for 6 hours with his private tutor. His private tutor is the best scholar in an entire country.

Understandable. All the pretty boy, woodland creature does is prancing around in the woods everyday. Doing whatever it is woodland creature does.

"I brought this for you". Young Doumeki said as he handed a bunch of small flower that he picks up on his way to the river. He choose them because the flowers had the same blue color like the woodland creature's eyes.

"What?" The woodland scrutinize the flower in his hand before violently bursting out in anger.

"These are mine. Wait, did you rip this from my garden?"

Oh, so that what a woodland creature does with their time. They planted flowers in the woods and call it their garden. Doumeki stares at the flower in his hand.

"Oh my god. You did". The creature screeched. "You are unbelievable."

Doumeki stares as the woodland creature face turning red and words non-stop pouring from the woodland creature mouth. Doumeki plugged his ear with his fingers because his ears is hurting from all the high-pitched screaming. He seems very upset and his mother told him once that a person has to apologize when they upsets someone but he has never had to apologize for anything because he is a prince.

"I'm sorry?" He tried and the creature screech again.

Xxx

"What is it?"

"It's a bird. Idiot". Doumeki said. He is confident this time. This bird did not came from the woodland creature's forest. It came from the neighboring country. He caught the bird when he was there visiting with his parents.

"Why you!" The boy screeched and glares at him.

"I am not an idiot. You are an idiot. Why do you keep tresspasing my forest?"

Doumeki ignores the boy complaints.

"Take it". Doumeki says holding the cage out to the woodland creature.

"I don't want it". The boy said staring at the bird.

"You should set it free". He said instead.

Well at least the creature did not screech at him this time. He just seems sad. So Doumeki does what the creature wants. He sets the bird free. They watch the bird flew away the moment the cage door was open. Doumeki sighs. He had spent a lot of time catching that bird.

xxxxxx-present time-xxxxx

Now. Right in front of him, standing, is the same boy that he meet ten years ago. Only that he is not a boy anymore. He has grown up and becomes a fine young man. He looks like he is about Doumeki's age.

Apparently, he is not some woodland creature like Doumeki had thought all this years.

He is human and very much real. Doumeki had his reasons why the young and naive him thought the boy was not a human. The boy appears out of thin air in the forest when he had first met him. He had strange looking, talking black bun shaped creature following him around. He witness young April's first (Watanuki Kimihiro, he corrects) talks to Zashiki-warashi and Ame-warashi.

Of course, he wouldn't think the boy is human like him.

Doumeki snorts. The boy didn't even recognized him. Also like always he has to be difficult and loud.

His grandfather looks knowingly at him before smiling gently. "Why don't you let the attendant show you to your accommodation. You two must have been tired from the journey. As for the marriage proposal, we'll talk about it later." His grandfather said kindly.

That seems to placate the boy because he stops making a fuss. The boy blushes and lower his head probably realizing how silly he looks throwing a tantrum like a child in front of him as his grandfather.

Doumeki allows himself to properly look at the boy. He lets his eyes roam every inch of Watanuki's body. Doumeki never in his lifetime thought he would have been this lucky to have met the boy again like this.

He still have the same messy midnight black hair, the same pale skin. The boy look exactly like the memories Doumeki has of him. The boy must have feel his stare on him because the boy look up and their eyes meet.

Doumeki smirks at the boy. He hid a chuckle when the boy gave him a death glare. He has not change in a slightest bit.