Key - Italics = Thoughts Bold = Sound Effects (not used often)

Just as a fact, I do not own Heart no Kuni no Alice or any of its sister/brother games. They belong to Miss QuinRose. I also have a lot of "from the mind of the writer" shizz going on. I am not one for typos, I am a grammar nazi, if I see comments that are bad grammar I probably will not reply or I will reply and correct everything you typed. However, I have taken note of Ace's . . . bad grammar so this adjusts to it. This will possibly become harder in about chapter three or so (maybe two or four), but this is yaoi. BOY ON BOY! BOYS LOVE! (Now I have your attention so read the first part if you are now joining this intro) There will be a bit of OOC and just cuteness! CUTENESS! Okay bye~


The darkness seemed to envelop the tower, only to be broken balefully by the flashes of light before the rumbling of thunder. Every gleam of light left a figure wincing in a corner bracing himself for the booms of noise to follow. As he desperately tried to block out the noise and partially compose himself, the knight rushed through the door closing it quickly behind himself.

"Some storm, huh?" Ace spoke as he shook his cloak off and threw it on the table. "Hey, Julius you in bed still? Work's gonna pile up!"

The watchmaker gave no reply, but hid himself further in the corner. No one, especially Ace, should see him so shaken up.

Ace placed the small bag of clocks on Julius's work table. I'll just wait until he wakes up, he thought as he walked into the small kitchen. He started to make some coffee when a sudden flash and soft yelp caught his attention. Ace slowly crept toward the source of the quiet cry. As he got closer to the trembling watchmaker, the knight gradually knelt down until he was next to Julius.

The rumble that followed was loud, making Julius halfway jump into Ace's arms. When he realized to whom he was clinging to, Julius started to back away from Ace as the room flashed once again. He said nothing in an attempt to assure Ace of his composure instead of revealing a shaky voice. Ace opened his mouth to speak when the, once rumbling, thunder turned into an ear piercing crash. Julius yelped loudly and practically slammed into the knight's warm chest. After getting over the bit of shock, Ace hugged the terrified male gently, occasionally stroking the back of his head.

"Julius, it's alright. It won't hurt you; if it tries, I'll protect you." (("Ya"))

Julius nodded hesitantly, still clinging to Ace tightly.

After a while, the storm subsided and Julius was asleep in Ace's arms. Ace got up and took the sleeping watchmaker to his bed, laying him down gently as he climbed onto it. While the knight looked at the softly snoozing man before him, he blushed lightly. I never thought that I'd actually be protecting him from something, he thought. Julius just always seemed so calm that I just assumed he wouldn't ever flip out no matter the circumstances. "But now, we can be closer," Ace barely whispered as he leaned over Julius. He then placed a soft kiss on the creamy cheek of the older male and hugged him rather roughly; though, Julius did not wake.


Thanks so much for reading! This is what you get for being boring English class! So, I shall be updating this every so often, and when I get the time, I shall make this a manga on my DeviantArt! However, that will take a long, long, long time. Favorite, follow, and review please! Thanks for reading!

Live on and fly to the Golden Land!