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Hikaru's POV

I couldn't sleep. I laid in bed thinking about what the hell my life had turned out to be. What was to happen when the princes were here anyway. I thought maybe it was a family get-together. I could have been wrong though.

I wondered what they were like. They looked unlike any type of prince I had ever seen before. Especially the younger one. The kind look on his face, how graceful he was, he just seemed out of the ordinary in my opinion. I remembered that it was a good thing that I could think. If anyone said that outside and they found out, anyone could be executed in a matter of minutes. I thought about the older of the two, very clumsy, I'd be afraid if he was next to rule this kingdom. But gratefully, he wasn't. They looked like princes very much. The younger one, with bright hair and warm, kind eyes...

"Fuck," I sat up in my bed, trying to shake the thought. "What's gotten into me?" I asked myself, deciding to get out of bed and take a walk or something. I pulled on pants, a shirt that showed off my chest a little, and my shoes I wore everyday. Last minute, I decided to bring my sword with me, and fastened it to my belt to keep it from falling.

I stuck my head out the window, making sure no one would see me, then looked back to make sure no one would wake up. I sighed, and climbed out the window, hitting the ground with as little noise as I could.

I shook my head trying to get every thought out of my head. I walked up the path to the forest as I usually would. I tried taking my mind off it by thinking of my childhood. Another thing I didn't want to think about. My parents weren't real, they were foster parents. I was taken away when I was seven, and lived a strange life ever since. I was already abused, I was always afraid of my new "parents" doing the same thing, but they didn't.

I remember escaping every night and sitting up in the trees, looking at the stars. It used to make me forget everything I ever wanted to forget. But the older I got, the less I believed that I would ever be loved, and I started to believe it. Look where that got me.

"What?" I heard a crack coming from the distance. Just the animals, calm down.

"Really?" I heard it again and drew my sword. When I looked around, I saw nothing. It sounded like sticks breaking under something lightweight. I should have been used to this by now, but I wasn't. I started walking backwards out of complete stupidity. I bumped into something and swung my sword in front of me find the prince himself on the ground, in shock. It was the one I thought of earlier.

"I'm sorry Your Highness, I didn't mean to, kill me if you must," I threw myself down on one knee, bowing down to him. Unexpectedly, I heard him giggle.

"No, I would never send someone to their death," he said. I felt him grab my arms, pulling me back up.

"Wha..." I couldn't find my own voice. I was too shocked to believe a word he was saying. He was talking to me, and not like a prince would.

"Don't say anything, no one was harmed, if you don't mind me asking...why are you here?" The prince asked me tilting his head.

"Highness, I should be asking you the same," I tried my best not to stutter.

"I'm exploring, I got bored, you know how boring being a prince is?" The prince asked laughing.

"No, Highness, I'm afraid not...I simply couldn't sleep, so I came here to clear my mind," I explained, but running into him, certainly wasn't helping.

"Let's walk together, and please cut out the whole Highness thing if you will, call me Kaoru," Kaoru smiled, making me smile and nod.

"I'm Hikaru," I said kind of quietly, not really knowing what else to say.

"Nice to meet you Hikaru, where are you off to?" Kaoru asked, looking around at the treetops as if it was the first time he had ever seen them in his life.

"Home I guess, I live in the village," I said slowly, kind of confused by the situation I landed myself in.

"Lucky, I wish I was free, being a prince is like being locked in a cage your whole life," Kaoru told me, hald smiling.

"It's not any better here," I whispered.

"Why not?" Kaoru asked.

"My childhood, nothing that needs to be said," I explained.

"Oh, I get it, no problem," I was starting to get a little annoyed with him. He read me like I was a book without an interesting story to tell.

"Oh, no, I should get back," Kaoru gasped, backing away from me.

"Ok," I had nothing else to say.

"Hey, Hikaru, can we meet tomorrow night, here?" Kaoru asked, his eyes with a pleading look that I couldn't say no to.

"Of course," I smiled. Kaoru laughed.

"Farewell, Hikaru, goodnight," Kaoru said his final words.

"Goodnight," I replied.

Well, how is it so far. We'll get to the romance stuff very soon I promise. Probably next chapter. Please review!