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Reunion
I
(Rewritten)
"I can't believe it's already been 10 years..." Shuurei whispered to herself while watching the sleeping face of her son. It was her son's named Shoto 10th birthday. At his every birthday Shuurei couldn't help herself, but reminisce about the dark night all those years ago...The night when she left the palace running away from Ryuuki...
Actually Shuurei was planing to run away and hide in some place where Ryuuki couldn't find her by herself, but Seiren followed her against her will... At first she was even angry with him for doing it, but as the time passed she became very grateful to him, because he became father to her son. Now she can't even imagine how she would've raised Shoto without Seiran's help...
"Mom...?" Shuurei heard her son's sleepy voice.
"Happy birthday darling" Shuurei smiled and gave Shoto a peck on the cheek "I'm sorry if I woke you up..."
"No it's okay...I was already kinda awake..." Shoto said while trying not to fall asleep again and then realization hit him "Wait did you say 'Happy birthday'?!"
"Yes~" Shuurei started giggling "Isn't today your birthday? Don't tell me that you forgot.." She added and started laughing louder.
"No! Of course I didn't!" Shoto started shouting while crimson blush crept up his cheeks "It's my birthday after all... How could I forget..."
"Well then you should get up... I still have few errands to run, and your father is working so celebration will have to wait a little... I'm sorry about that..." Shuurei said with big, yet sad smile and left the room.
Shoto started changing his clothes and the only thing he could think about was his mothers smile... Somehow as years passed every time she looked at him her eyes and smile became sadder and sadder... He didn't know why that was happening... After all he was always a good boy for his parents except the occasional fights he had with other people for saying that his dad wasn't his dad... He knew that those women who were spreading rumors like that were just jealous of his mothers looks, but still it hurt him and he didn't want those rumors to hurt nether his dad, nor his mom.
Shoto really liked the sweets that his mother made to celebrate his birthday, but he ate to much of them and wasn't able to sleep. He didn't know how long it has already been since he said he was going to sleep... He was just laying there at least two or three hours...
'Maybe I'll go outside and have a walk... I'm sure I'll be able to fall asleep faster that way' The 10-year-old boy thought to himself. All he had to do was sneak away unnoticed and come back without disturbing his parents sleep. It was quite easy for him to move around places without making people notice him, why he didn't even know himself... Maybe it was in the boy's blood...?
He was about to go past the kitchen when he heard voices. He knew that one voice was his dad's and other was his mother's. He was able to tell those two voices apart anywhere.
"Your ladyship, what has been bothering you so much today..?" That was his father's voice... Now that Shoto thought about it, he never knew why he always referred to his mother as 'his ladyship'
"He looks like that man more and more every year..." He heard a silent reply.
"Well I think Shoto is more like you... Well at least his character.." He heard a smile in the manly voice
"It's not the time for jokes *loud thund* Looking like that man is dangerous! Anyone that knows him will know that he is Shoto's real father the moment they'll lay their eyes on him!" A silent shout escaped his mother's mouth.
A tear escaped Shoto's eye. He couldn't believe it... His dad wasn't actually his dad... The rumors where true... Now more than few things became clear to him... Things like why his parents sleep in separate rooms and why he looks nothing like the man that he knows as his father... Now there was new question in his mind: who is his real father and why is it dangerous for him to look like him...?
A/N - So I finished rewriting 1st chapter ^^ Please write in reviews if you liked it ^^ And if you liked it better than the original one ^^ If I get at least one review I will upload the next chapter in next 2 or 3 days ^^
