A/N:
Hello everyone this is BeyondBirthday13 here. This is my first story and well I know this is no where near the date of Bel's birthday but I just decided to publish it now. Thanks for reading and please review

Disclaimer: Sorry me no own anything

Stranded and lost. This was two things that Belphegor would not admit himself to be. Lost and stranded in a desolate forest surrounding the Varia base, covered in a thick blanket of snow.

No he thought, a prince doesn't get lost.

Obviously the cold was getting to his head. He wore only his regular attire of the Varia jacket and trousers along with his usual striped shirt and tall white boots. This wasn't very good clothing though, to go out in the snow in. Everyone in the Varia (excluding Xanxus of course) was ordered to gather firewood. Every year on Christmas eve the Varia lit a bonfire. It was just Varia tradition. Even though Belphegor would normally not ever do such "peasant's work, Xanxus was a king while he was just a prince. Usually Xanxus would have just lazily purchased firewood from any place selling it.

Boss must've been spending too much time with Mammon if he's too cheap to buy firewood.

Belphegor was now panting since he was walking in literally every direction to find the way back to base. His body had long since stopped shivering.

Great, stupid boss is gonna get me hypothermia.

His breathing was slowing greatly and the bundle of wood in his arms felt heavier then they should. He knew he was starting to feel the symptoms of hypothermia cause well, he was a genius but he was too prideful to call for help. He had cell phone on him but didn't feel like calling for help since; after all he was a prince. At the moment he was a very stupid prince but nonetheless a prince. He decided that the only chance he had of getting back was to keep walking until he found the base. Now the base is a huge castle which means it shouldn't be so hard to find, right? Well since the snow was now falling down harder it made it almost impossible for Belphegor to see his surroundings and the snow covered trees hid everything from view. The cold was now nipping every inch of his body. He finally gave into the cold and collapsed onto the cold snowy ground.

Stupid boss he thought as he slipped into unconsciousness he had better at least plan a good funeral for my frozen body and with that closed his eyes, presumably for good.

Squalo trudged through the thick snow, loudly cursing out Xanxus in his mind. Squalo really didn't look where he was going since his mind was preoccupied at the moment with all the curses and swears he could mentally say to his boss. This caused him to not see a huge lump of snow in the ground and trip over it.

"VOOOII!"

Squalo had fallen face first into the snow and dropped all of the firewood in his arms. He loudly cursed out whatever made him trip and got up dusting himself off. He looked down at the ground to pick up his fallen firewood and saw something shiny in the snow. He dusted the snow off of the shining object and it turned out to be a tiara. The tiara was identical to the one Belphegor wore. Squalo also saw a hand sticking out of the snow. He quickly, while panicking and cursing out someone (he didn't know who to blame for this) in his mind dug up the snow from around the body. Squalo finally dusted off most of the snow and there laid Belphegor's cold body, lying face down in the snow.

"VOIII Belphegor get up!" the shark man said loudly although it was useless. He decided that the only thing he could do was take Belphegor back to the base and hope he was still alive. Squalo bent down and picked up the cold, unmoving body. Belphegor was still weakly breathing so he was still alive but was suffering from frostbite in several different places. Squalo started to trudge back towards base and it struck to him how would Belphegor end up in such a state? Belphegor himself was a genius and wouldn't get lost in the woods so close to their home. But maybe he would the shark man thought as he carried the nearly lifeless body back home, forgetting the firewood both of them had held still left on the snowy ground.

Belphegor couldn't open his eyes. They seemed like they were glued shut. They were so heavy to lift and his head was too heavy to lift from him pillow.

Wait, pillow?

He finally got the strength to open his eyes and realized where he was. He was lying in his bedroom at the Varia headquarters. His head was lying on a pillow made of silk and feathers and his body was covered by a large fluffy blankets. His head felt horrible though. It felt as if Xanxus had thrown one of his crystal wine glasses at his head or maybe an empty bottle of whiskey. . His body oddly felt warm and cold at the same time. The surface of his skin felt like it was frozen yet the inside of his body made him feel like he was burning alive. The last thing he could remember was falling unconscious into the snow. He thought was going to die right then and there but he apparently had been wrong. In the back of his mind he heard a constant beeping sound but it wasn't very steady. He looked over to the side of his royal bed and saw several different monitors and IVs all strapped up to him. He hadn't noticed till now. Belphegor now also noticed he couldn't feel parts of his finger or toes.

Must be frostbite the genius thought in his head. But who brought me back?

Belphegor just relaxed on his bed, thankful at least for the fact that he was still alive. With this he fell back into a comfortable unconsciousness.

Squalo walked through the narrow hallway of the base. It had been about three hours since he had found Belphegor's body out in the snow. Lussuria had of course, panicked his head off. They called in the doctor (there was one that always stayed at the base) and had Belphegor fixed up. It was only till now that Squalo made up his mind to see the Prince. Squalo wouldn't admit it to himself since he was the sin of Pride but he was in love with the Prince. He seemed to hate the brat quite a bit but truthfully he loved him. When Belphegor first arrived at the Varia, Squalo was the first person he met. Ever since then their relationship was a bit of an odd one. Xanxus didn't really care that Belphegor had gotten hypothermia and muttered something like

"The money used to buy that firewood is coming out of that trash's paycheck."

Squalo came to the room next to his with a little cardboard crown nailed to the door. The door was covered completely in blood though. Squalo knocked on the door though he didn't really expect an answer. There was no sound coming from the room except the unsteady beats of the heart monitor. Squalo decided to just let himself in. He walked into the room and saw the Prince connected to several different machines and IVs making him seeming even sicker. Squalo could also hear Belphegor's steady breathing although it was still pretty faint. He walked over to the bed of the Prince and sat in a comfy chair on the side of his bed. Usually at night, Mammon would come and read a bedtime story to Bel or do something to make him fall asleep for a price of course.

"Vooii get up already" he said in an amazingly soft voice. The softest he had ever said something. Maybe he didn't really want to disturb the prince or maybe his throat started hurting but the look in Squalo's eyes was something most assassins weren't supposed to show. His usually emotionless or full of rage but now it was full or concern for the Prince that lay before him. He sighed. Bel stirred in his sleep and muttered something that sounded like "-alo" Squalo looked at him dumbfounded. Had the Prince really said the shark man's name in his sleep? Maybe it was just his imagination.

Bel tried to open his eyes again. This time they were heavy from sleep as well as sickness. He thought though that he should open his eyes because he had the feeling of being watched. The Prince did NOT want to get killed in his sleep. He was a prince of course. His eyes slowly opened and what he saw in front of him startled him a bit. There in front of him sat the silver haired shark man he was always fond of. At first he thought it was some long haired assassin trying to kill him in his sleep but once he saw the man's face through his bangs he realized who it was.

"Squa….lo?"

The Prince's throat hurt like it was on fire. It felt like someone had taken the Prince's own knives and ripped out his throat with them. Bel couldn't help but wince at the pain. Usually he was fine with pain and he even invited it but this time it was internal pain that he had no control over. It pissed him off. He could see the concerned look on Squalo's eyes and instantly felt bad for making him worry. Squalo looked back. An assassin such as himself shouldn't ever cry, not even at death but the look of his prince lying so helpless and hurt made tears come to his eyes. He didn't know why. Either it was anger at the boss for making them go out to collect firewood which was the cause of Bel's sickness or whether it was because he was upset that Bel was sick and in pain. He knew well how Bel usually enjoyed pain but if pain like this could make him wince, it seemed to hurt pretty badly. Bel saw the shark man's eyes brimming with tears and felt horrible for making the shark man nearly cry all because of his pride not to call for help. Well, sloth actually since he was the sin of sloth. Squalo was pride not him. Bel's face pulled into a familiar Cheshire cat like grin. His lips were cracked and dry and the skin broke in a few places when he smiled but he didn't mind.

"Ushishishi….is Squalo worried about the Prince?" he said trying to lighten the atmosphere in the room. He tried to sound as normal (there was such a thing as normal for Bel?) as possible, like there was nothing the matter.

Squalo looked at him trying his best to hold back tears. Bel had been only centimeters away from death but could still pull off his signature smile.

"Voii you idiot you nearly died out there! You made us all worried!" Squalo said his voice breaking and a stubborn tear falling from his eye.

"All..." He didn't realize he was that important to the Varia but truthfully, he was like the baby of the family. Even though Mammon was the youngest being an infant and everything he sure didn't act like it. Bel acted like a demented child but everyone still babied him. He remembered how Lussuria would bake him cookies and Mammon would sometimes actually read to him without charge and Squalo would help him with whatever he needed. He only realized this now. He wanted to make Squalo feel better. He didn't want Squalo to feel bad about him being hurt.

"Squalo…" called the Prince staring up at him.

"Hm?"

Bel mustered all the strength he could and raised his arm from under the blankets and motioned for Squalo to come closer. Squalo inched closer to Bel and Bel pulled him into a hug. He hugged Squalo in a warm embrace using all the strength he could. Squalo was surprised. The Prince's body felt so small, frail and cold against his taller and warmer body. He knew the Prince was a bit lanky compared to his own muscular body but never realized how breakable his body seemed until now. Bel didn't know how long they stayed that way but he could feel his skin warmed by the shark man's touch. His muscles were all tensed from not being used to movement after being frozen for so long. He didn't want to let go though. He wanted to stay like that, Squalo's warm body pushed against his own; his warm breath could be felt on his neck. Squalo finally let go of Bel but back away. Bel laid himself back onto his bed. His body still felt weak but his smile was still as bright as ever. Squalo sat back down on the chair next to the Prince's bed. He reached into the pocket of his Varia jacket and pulled out a green box with a blue bow on top of it.

"Happy Birthday Bel…" Squalo muttered.

"The Prince's birthday?" Bel asked. He really didn't pay attention to what the date was. He knew his birthday was coming up but didn't really take any mind of it.

"You don't even know your own birthday?"

"I forgot…" Bel said not really caring. Without noticing his own actions, Belphegor raised a hand to his forehead and swept away his bangs, revealing his eyes so he could get a better look at the present. It was pretty hard to see through the mess of those bangs. Squalo stood there gaping at the sight of the Prince's eyes. If the Prince always left his eyes showing, he'd have another weapon other then his knives and wires. His eyes were a piercing light blue color that shined oddly. They were almost impossible to look away from.

"Hm?" Bel said not noticing what he had done.

"Voi brat here's you present. It's from all of us" Squalo said, turning his face to hide the hint of redness on his face. He handed Bel his birthday present. It wasn't a very big box and the fact it came from everyone meant this was probably the only present he was going to get. A Prince deserves better then this he thought but he'd deal with it later. He unwrapped the box and took off the lid. Inside was a set of knives similar to his but they were in better condition and they looked more sharp and less breakable. Next to the knives was a large package of indestructible invisible wire. Under the two packages were bunch o envelopes all from different members of the Varia.

After ripping open all the envelopes Bel was sitting up in bed almost completely back to normal. It was amazing what a bunch of envelopes could do for a manic prince who had hypothermia.

"Wow, Mammon gave me a lot of money. Oooh and Lussuria promises to bake me cookies Ushishishi."

The prince was quite happy and Squalo sat there watching the Prince enjoy himself immensely. Even Xanxus wrote him a card which was technically an assignment written on a card that had happy birthday on it. It was still a pretty good gift in Bel's eyes since it involved ripping people to shreds. Squalo's envelope was unfortunately just a card. There was nothing special to it. This upsetted the Prince quite a bit He'd never admit it but he did love Squalo. He seemed only to be quite fond of the shark man but truthfully he loved him. The grin plastered on his face shrunk a bit and Squalo saw this. He saw the blue envelope in Bel's hand recognizing it to be his. Bel didn't know what Squalo was planning but Squalo leaned in towards Bel. Bel's eyes widened a bit as Squalo's face got close and finally, there lips met. The kiss was warm and gentle; something Bel didn't expect Squalo to be. The kiss deepened and Squalo held Bel closely to him. Bel gasped and Squalo quickly took this advantage to slide his tongue into the younger one's mouth. The kiss continued for a while before Squalo pulled away from a panting Bel. Bel looked up to Squalo in surprise of what just happened. Squalo just grinned and laughed, pulling Bel back into an embrace.

He whispered softly into Bel's ear "Once you get better, I'll let you have the rest of your present."

Bel blushed deep red and laughed "Ushishishi you'd better.

A/N:

Kushushushu hoped you all enjoyed! I might add another chapter which describes Bel's late Birthday present and maybe even Christmas it depends on how many reviews I get and how much time I have.

Well Ciao for now minna-san