A/n: Oh look! Junjou AU from me *smiles* I hope that you guys like this. Slightly based on King Game and Prince Game and Pirate Game

Warning/s: Complete AU. This wouldn't necessarily make any sense at all. Maybe I'm running on crack?

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Royal Court: Royal Meetings, the Prologue

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Prince Shinobu watched from beside his best friend as his father got married to the Queen of the neighbouring kingdom. He clenched his sweaty palms and unclenched them and then tapped them on the side of his thighs. He did this for about three times. He fidgeted and fidgeted, and he didn't want to be here in the first place. He hopped a bit from foot to foot and only stopped when a hand was placed on his shoulder. His caretaker looked at him sternly, but still a bit softly. Beside his caretaker, his tutor was glaring at him.

Shinobu stuck out his tongue at his tutor and looked up as his caretaker told him softly, "Shinobu, face forward. Don't cause a commotion."

Shinobu nodded and did as he was told, though he wasn't happy to be doing so. He pouted as he looked forward, though he had to admit that the Queen looked beautiful. He sighed and continued with his pouting.

Looking to the other side, he saw the Queen's one and only son, and his soon to be step brother, behaving and standing up straight. Though he seemed less fidgety than Shinobu, he looked as if he didn't want to be there too. He was looking disinterestedly at their parents' marriage. After awhile, he seemed to have noticed Shinobu staring at him and suddenly turned to Shinobu with a small smirk on his face.

Shinobu looked away, a bit irritated. He remembered all their meetings, and it was only a total of five times, four of which they were on the other ends of the room, refusing to acknowledge each other, or anyone for that matter.

There was only one time they had seen each other face to face, and they didn't necessarily talk with each other then.

Shinobu stood behind his father, grasping the back of his shirt. This was the first time he was going to meet with the Queen's only son. Of course, he had already met with the Queen a few times, and her son would usually be away doing gods know what. The Queen had told his father that her son was usually in the library, and usually spent his time writing or reading there.

Now it looked as if both he and Shinobu had no more excuses to not meet with each other.

"Ah, here he comes," her highness had said. She had the warmest of smiles on her face as she saw her son.

Shinobu could feel his heart clench, that smile had reminded him of his mother. She also had that look on her face whenever Shinobu was with her. Though four years had already passed -and he was only six then- after her death, it seemed the hurt was still there.

Her son had hair so blond that Shinobu swore it was almost silver or white. He had purple eyes and he seemed a good ten years older than Shinobu.

Shinobu felt his father's hand on his back and pushed him slightly forward. "Go on, meet him." His father urged him, smiling at him encouragingly.

He took a few tentative steps forward. He looked up at the other and only realised then how tall he was. As he opened his mouth to say something, his soon to be older brother beat him to it.

"You're awfully small, aren't you?" He said with a smirk.

And it had only gone downhill from there.

Shinobu's nose scrunched up a bit. It wasn't like he hated him, but Shinobu didn't know him enough yet. The other was too quick to warm up to the situation of having a sibling. Shinobu, on the other hand, needed some time getting used to it.

A hand had grabbed his wrist and he looked to his right to see his closest confidant and friend looking worriedly at him.

"Is something wrong?" He asked quietly.

"Don't worry Nowaki, it's nothing at all." Shinobu shook off Nowaki's hand and resumed with his sulking.

"Okay," Nowaki said a bit unsure, "if you say so..." He reluctantly let go whatever it was that was bothering Shinobu.

Nowaki had been Shinobu's friend for as long as he could remember. His father had been the gardener to Shinobu's father. Nowaki's father had been the gardener for how many years now, and he always grew the best flowers and plants. They had met when they were kids, and because Shinobu was stubborn even then, most children were reluctant to befriend him. But Nowaki had chosen otherwise. Even though Shinobu had the tendency to be, unintentionally, a brat sometimes, Nowaki hadn't stopped being his friend.

Shinobu sighed; it wasn't very princely of him to ignore the ceremony that was of utmost importance. This was the unification of two kingdoms, as well as two people who clearly loved one another. Though they both knew each other a short while, and the circumstances were even a bit unfavourable, it was clear that they had at least some underlying affection.

Shinobu stood straighter, much to the happiness of his caretaker and tutor, and braved through the ceremony.

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Shinobu supposed that weddings weren't entirely unpleasant. After all, most people seemed happy enough after the ceremony. The only thing that bothered him was how no one told him how crowded the after celebration would be.

He supposed it was because they were the King and Queen of two kingdoms which they loved dearly. Of course, the people loved them back. After the wedding, a large crowd had gathered outside where the wedding took place and the people of the two kingdoms were eager to see the just married King and Queen. It was at that moment that Shinobu had chosen to separate from the noblemen and had unwittingly joined the crowd.

The wedding took place in the Queen's kingdom, a place he knew next to nothing about. He wasn't entirely lost, if only it weren't so crowded maybe he could find a way to get back. As it was, everyone just kept on pushing and shoving, much to Shinobu's annoyance.

"Shinobu!" he heard Nowaki's voice shout his name.

Shinobu stood on the tips of his toes, but he couldn't see anything still. He was only ten after all. Shoving his way past the people, he tried desperately to locate Nowaki. Though his face showed annoyance and anger, he really was a bit scared that he might not find his way. He could feel something tickling the corners of his eyes, and try as he might to deny it, he felt like crying.

A particularly big person shoved Shinobu hard, and Shinobu closed his eyes and waited for his face to meet the floor. But before that could happen, a hand had grabbed on tight to his arm preventing his fall. He looked up to see the Queen's son holding on to him.

"Oi, watch it!" He said to the person beside them.

He grabbed Shinobu's wrist and made their way back. "This is why you shouldn't run away like that."

Shinobu refused to look up, he kept stubbornly staring at the ground. Just then he felt the other mess up his hair. Shinobu finally looked up and scowled at him.

The other was smiling, and it was real and genuine and completely kind, "Hey," he trailed off, "Want to read some of my stories?"

Shinobu nodded, a bit unsure.

He supposed, things could've been worse.

To be continued...

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A/n: Yeah, not much here yet. After all, it is the prologue. *laughs* I just had to explain a bit how he came to have a brother (I'm not revealing who his step-brother is yet, but I'm betting you're clued in, am I right?) and how Nowaki became his friend and a bit of relationship dynamics and yeah. I hope you guys could guess who the caretaker and the tutor were. They need more love! *laughs*

Review please?