Title: Secrets

Author/Artist: xXxKeYbLaDeMaStErxXx

Pairing: Akira/Mikoto

Fandom: Princess Princess

Theme: (#4; our distance and that person)

Rating: K

Disclaimer: I do not own Princess Princess.

It's hard to keep secrets in a place like Fujimori. With a horde of fans following your every move and a student council breathing down our necks it's surprising that we've made it this far without anyone finding out. No one would be against us; I'm sure of that. Tooru and Yuujirou already suspect something; the looks they give us when we are close speak volumes, and they're not disgusted, not against the idea. Arisada-sama knows something is going on, too. He asks me sometimes, about you. Little things, insignificant things: if I've seen you around, what I think of 'Princess Miko-chan'... always with that smirk on his face, the one that says he knows something you don't want him too. He doesn't seem to mind it, either way. I think he would support us, support the idea of us.

The only one that seems to care is you.

I know you love me. I've known it since we got together, since we've been meeting in secret every afternoon, somewhere the others won't find us. You never say it; I don't really expect you too. But I don't mind. I know it's hard for you. You get so embarrassed about things like that, so easily flustered. It's a trait I've always found appealing about you. Maybe it's because you remind me of me. I've always been... shy. I've always lived in the shadow of my family, my siblings who are all so beautiful, all so... perfect. Since Tooru and Yuujirou's visit to my house, I've tried to get over that feeling, the sense of being eclipsed by my family, but it's still so hard.

Another reason why we're so alike; both of us are holding on too tightly to ideals we've kept with us for most of our lives.

You're still with Megumi-chan. I can't see you during the weekends because that's her time with you. It's something you've been doing since you came to Fujimori, after all. If your visits with Megumi, your girlfriend, were to stop so abruptly, people would get suspicious. Of course, we couldn't have that.

I hate those times, those days when you're with her and not me. It's jealousy, I know, that claws at my gut when you leave me to be with Megumi. It's jealousy that drives me to think that, maybe, you'd rather be with her. Maybe this relationship of ours' was nothing more than an experiment to you, something to get out of your system.

But then you come back. You always come back. Always in our meeting place, always after weekends spent convincing everyone nothing is going on, always after your princess duties... You're still here.

And I think, every time you meet me with a kiss that takes my breath away, I can take this distance between us.

It shrinks to nothing when you're back in my arms.

Owari