Csilla: I hope everyone enjoys this~ Although I cannot guarantee that this won't have angst, but this will be more fluff and my lame attempts at humor~


Chapter One: The Past

"Catch me if you can, Yuu-chan~" A playful laugh echoed through the rundown town, the people moved out of the way as two boys -no older than seven- ran past them. A blond with sparkling blue eyes being chased by a raven with vibrant green eyes. Mika and Yuu.

It had a couple of rough years for the towns people, only a handful of children had been born and even fewer of them had survived. Illness constantly sought out the weak, old, and young. Every adult did their best to make sure that Mika, Yuu, and the other children remained the healthiest. So it was no surprise that the surviving children were technically orphans.

Despite that, there was one that all the children referred to as 'dad': a middle-aged doctor. The man constantly sought out better treatments for the suffering townspeople, but more often than not came up empty-handed. He promised the children as much as he could that he would save up enough to travel to the royal city and ask the king for help.

Regardless of the hard times they were all suffering, the doctor never spoke ill of the current king. It gave the children all starry-eyed hope for their future, Mika and Yuu especially.

"Do you think the king is as nice as dad say?" Mika asked one night after the younger children had fallen asleep, he turned on his side to face his companion.

Yuu rolled over as well so he was facing the blond, "I hope so…" his unspoken words screamed volumes for Mika, who nodded before smiling.

"Well he better be or we'll give a piece of our mind, right Yuu-chan~?" The humor in his friend's voice did not go unnoticed by the raven, who grinned back in agreement.

The next morning the duo was awoken by the bustling of their rundown town, Mika, being the first to move from his comfortable position, gently shook his best friend: "Wake up… Yuu… Yuu-chan~"

There was a groan before bedridden hair rose from their spot on the pillow they shared. Yuu looked around before rubbing his eye, "What time is it?"

"Sometime after eight..." Mika guessed, taking in account how busy the town sounded.

The two young boys slowly climbed out of bed, going through their usual routine of collecting fruits for breakfast. The air seemed lighter and it helped wake both of them up. Not long after stepping out of their home, both of them found themselves running with wide grins. Stumbling and rolling down the hill by the river, the fruit lying in wait on the other side.

The sight of a piece of grass stuck to Yuu's cheek made the air between them even lighter as Mika's laugher -and soon Yuu's- surrounded them.

"Do you think this is enough?" The raven turned to his best friend as he lifted the five oranges he had scooped up in his shirt.

Mika gave him a short nod before lifting two small newly-filled jugs of water, "Think this is enough?"

After getting Yuu's approval, both of them headed back and this time they noticed there were two newcomers amidst the usual crowd. Hope filled them as they recognized the crest on the newcomer's clothes. Instead of heading straight home, they curiously followed the duo.

Neither of them could understand what either of the newcomers were talking about, even Mika, who often claimed to be the smarter, was having a hard following along. The only thing he did know was that whatever they were talking about was causing a pit to grow in his stomach.

He lightly elbowed his friend before nodding his head in the direction of their home, Yuu reluctantly agreed to follow. They left the two newcomers to their conversation, unaware that as they were cutting through the crowd that one did glance back at their retreating backs.

"We're back" Mika greeted the household as he nudged the door open with his shoulder and was instantly greeted back with the same amount of warmth.

The younger children hurriedly rushed over to help the two boys, taking what they could carry away to thank the two older ones for collecting breakfast for them. Mika and Yuu took their respective seat at the table before digging into the oranges the raven had collected. After eating one between the two of them, Mika offered his to the other children, who eagerly accepted it. Both boys shared a smile before a loud knock interrupted the domestic atmosphere.

Mika's eyes followed as their father stood up and answered the door, there were muffled voices before he came back. He ignored the younger children' questions about who was at the door and instead walking over to the other end of the table, kneeling down he kept his voice low: "Could you two follow me outside?"

"S-Sure..." They both whispered a quick response, sharing a questioning look with one another before following their father outside.

Their eyes widened when they saw the newcomers from before outside, instinctively Mika grabbed Yuu's hand. He wasn't sure what was going on, but the gnawing feeling from earlier flared up.

"These are the two oldest children in the town..." Their father explained, placing his hands on a shoulder of both boys.

"I see… He does bare a striking resemblance to him, doesn't he?" The white-haired man hummed, holding his chin as if in deep thought.

"What's your name, kid?" The woman's eyes zeroed in on Yuu and the need to protect him became stronger in Mika.

Yuu glanced over to his friend before his gaze went back to the newcomers: "Yuu..."

"His name is Yuuichiro," This was the first time that Mika ever felt anything akin to rage towards the man, who had given him and the other children a home. How could he give these two Yuu's name?

"Yuuichiro, huh?" Again the man seemed to mull over the information they had been given, "Would you mind telling us about your mother? What she may have looked like, perhaps?"

"Our parents died when we were young… What do you expect us to remember?" The words were out of his mouth before Mika even had a chance to stop and think, he felt his father's hand squeeze his shoulder slightly as a warning. Just who were these people…?

Instead of being offended, the man knelt down in front of Mika: "My, you're awfully defensive of us… We mean no harm, I promise"

"You say that, but we don't even know who you are..." At his comment, the man seemed taken back for a moment before he laughed.

"Guess you have a point… Then let's start over: Hello, my name is Shinya Hiragi. I am with the king's personal guard… And this is my younger sister, Mahiru. We're actually looking for a young lady, who would have given birth seven or eight years ago. Sadly we don't have much to go on except, a simple description… Fair skin, long raven hair, brown eyes, and-"

"...and a small freckle under her left eye," Yuu softly interrupted Shinya, looking down at the ground, and Mika's eyes widened.

Shinya smiled, "It seems we found him, Mahiru..."

[ - MIKA - MIKA - MIKA - ]

When I woke up that morning, I had no idea that that would be the last morning I would see Yuu. That the day would be the last time any of us saw the man, who gave us a place to call home…

In return all our town got was peace of mind that we would be taken care and helped to strive until we could stand on our own, but I wanted Yuu back. Nothing else mattered.


Csilla: Like it? Review, Favorite, and Follow~ :)

Currently I haven't decided it I'm going to switch between Mika and Yuu's POV, but at the moment: the couple of chapters are from Mika's POV

Also if there are any scenes/situations you would like to see these two get into: all are welcomed :)