A/N : 'Poison Apple' by RobinRock and Narroch had poisoned me, some lines were taken from there.

And somewhere along the way, I forget about Yukito's eye color. Was it gold or grey? I thought that grey was Yukito's while the gold was Yue's. and it leads to another thing that bugging me for a while, what is the correct spelling for color, grey or gray? Please enlighten me so I could claim a peaceful slumber at night.. T-T

I was studying about police and detective ranks, and some of royalty and novelty, and it was royal pain. So, it's a bit late but Doumeki is a Detective Inspector here. And other mistakes in previous chapter won't be corrected, unless I edited the whole chapter. I'm still learning the differences of words used in court and staffing in 19th century here… so, I will grateful for those that willing to pointed my mistakes, and corrected it.

And I know it's short, so I update earlier… ^.^~ 3

Now into the new chapter. Wahooo~~ 3

Caution: apple's angsty and kind of snow white fairytale? Again, I'm not a native English~~~ *screaming*

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Chapter Title: Flying Fire Part I

Yukito glance at certain handsome young man with sharp ebony eyes. His matching hair only give away the intimidating aura.

"Do I really need to do this?" Yukito asked while turn to the mirror in front of him. There, stand his reflection, perfect splitted figure of him with big owlish grey eyes, platina blond hair that as white as snow. There's healthy flush on his cheeks, one of few signs of how alive he is, regarding his fairy-like complexion..

Mirror mirror on the wall…

Who is the fairest of all?

"Yes, and I won't like it otherwise," came the answer from behind him.

Yukito turned around to see his body, covered in dark blue fabric in one of stores that lining the street. The vest was of the lighter color, so does the tie which more accentuated his pale appearance. He admitted that he look good in it, well, actually this is his first time wearing formal suit so he didn't know what to expect, really.

"But.. this is expensive and…" Yukito didn't need to look at the label price to know how expensive it was. The clothes was soft to his touch and comfortably settled on his skin, as if it was meant for him since in the beginning. Though he never wear it before, didn't mean he didn't know fine and expensive things.

"No, it is not as you've think," Touya said with deep laughter in his voice. His eyes narrowed as his smile reached high, show off rows of white perfect teeth. "Besides, you have to wear decent clothes to visit another household or it will insult them," the young lord appointed, eyes never leaving hesitant figure in front of him.

At this statement, Yukito whipped his head. His eyes somehow looked defensive. Unsettled. Uncomfortable.

Pretty doll was found, the lord dress him up and show him off amongst his colleagues, his friends, of how pretty the doll is… how lovely… how fair..

"I'm going to visit her and you," Touya pressed the word 'you', "..will follow me." At Yukito's lowered head, Touya added, "I believe she won't do any harm."

It wasn't something Touya could assure, he never saw the Lady himself but from what he heard, Lady Suzuhara wasn't the pierce kind of person. Otherwise, she won't took that long haired butler into her custody. A butler which in turn proved as one of the theft after worked for two years. Or.. she won't get sick because the family heirloom was targeted by spectacular Twin Moon.

Though it concern Touya a bit that he heard that Lady Suzuhara's health hasn't improving after she return to her mansion. Surely everybody that has lost heirloom would be sick and need time to recover though Touya knew it's not the best time of time to deal with sick person, he has nagging feeling to finish the talk with Lady Suzuhara as soon as possible.

[!_!]

The same carriage that brought Touya and Yukito to the shopping part of the town the prior day, was crossing the arch that decorating the front entry. The trees that lining the paved way partially hiding the manor behind its branch and green leaves. Without the police surrounding the place, the house neatly matched the background surrounding it.

As they halted in the porch, Touya glanced at Yukito before the door opened for them. With ease, Touya dismounted and reach out his hand to help the less ease Yukito. Unlike the formal suit they bought yesterday, this time they wear less formal ones. After knocking, it didn't take long before the front door opened by..

It didn't surprised Touya that the door opened by certain red haired girl in maid uniform that gasping with palm that quickly covered her mouth… after glomps him and causing them fall indignantly.

"Oh, my.. I'm sorry. I thought you're Suppi," the girl smiled guiltily from her position atop Touya.

"Please get up," Touya said through gritted teeth. Why would he always end falling on his bottom everytime he encountered the maid was beyond him.

Mirror mirror on the wall…

Who shall be the one to fall?

Who shall answer Charon's call?

Yukito reached out his hand to help the maid. The maid staring at him openly before stood up on her own and dusting her skirt. Yukito which didn't offended that his good intention was ignored, didn't appear to mind it. Instead, he helped Touya to get into his feet.

"What's the commotion, Nakuru?" asked a sweet little vice from not far away.

"Young Lady," the maid greeted the red brown haired girl, "I guess they are guest for Lady Shouko."

The young lady, a very young one probably not more than 13 years old, turned her attention at the two males that stand in the doorway. She smiled, "I'll let her know that …"

"Touya Reed," Touya quickly supplied for her to which she smiled again.

"I'll let her know that Lord Reed's here to meet her. Please bring them to the inner garden."

The girl bowed slightly before leaving them all. From her nice looking clothes, not very fancy but from the same sheet that made every beautiful gown woman so proud to show off at the gathering. The last time he visited, he didn't saw any girl like this one, not that he wanted to snoop into other people's affair.

They were led to the inner garden through the doorway near the main staircase. There's no longer pieces of glass shattered in the ground though the remnants of Twin Moon's action was quite blatant. The large colored window above the staircase that once a beautiful picture of flower and bird now was big hollow were it not for the block that nailed to cover it partially. Touya was sure that the roof that explodes at the third storey and window in the study room hasn't fixed too.

The house was different now without the police and tense aura concerning Twin Moon's action days ago. When Touya glance at Yukito, the fair haired man was relaxed and contentedly walked beside him. Though he seemed curious as to why the window was in disarray. The silence that following them to the inner garden broken by the maid's saying that she'll bring refreshment.

The flower arranged beautifully, mostly consist of bushes of small bright colored kind. Quite at the center was table set along with wooden chair, ones that novelty used in teatime to pull the stress of the day off their shoulder under clear blue sky.

The red haired maid return with tray of food when the small lady appear from other door.

"My Lord," she greeted cheerfully, "Lady Shouko asked you to come to lobby."

Lobby? Is the Lady's health has improving?

"I'll waiting here," Yukito announced while smiling sweetly. Touya know that Yukito has no business with anything but the idea of leaving him alone with or without the maid… Especially with the crazed looking red haired maid… didn't please him.

"Then, Nakuru, please show the way. I'll accompanied our guest here," the small girl smiled as she turned to Yukito then to Touya. Asked with hesitant, "..that is if you don't mind.."

Touya couldn't ask much so he nodded before following behind the maid. He was sure that the two would make it good companion.

Once Touya leave, the girl smiled at Yukito while extended her gloved tiny hand, "I'm Misaki. It's a pleasure to meet you." She said with all the openness every innocent little kid manage to have.

Decent smile across Yukito's face as he took the hand. He knelt in front of the little lady, tilted his head and kiss the back of the covered palm, "I'm Yukito. The pleasure's all mine, Misaki'chan."

[.!_!.]

Touya eyed the maid suspiciously. She didn't seem different from one of the Twin Moon, the fact that both of them flat-ches..Ehem.. flattened him with single glomps right after entering the door is too creepy to be coincidence. Besides, what's with the attitude? She certainly not being polite toward Yukito.

Maybe I should discuss things with that officer jerk again, Touya grimacing.

They haltened in front of another wooden door in east wing. The maid knocked the door before a subtle soft reply could be heard from inside then opened the door. Touya entered the room which strangely more like another small library with cozy hearth with small figures and pottery on top of it. Crimson worn-sofas and carpet of the brownish shade partially covered the wood polished floor. Noon light that went through the window brightened the room with its cheer golden shine.

A long haired woman sat on one of the cushion near small table filled with cupcakes and other sweets. She put down the cup she hold to stand and greet Touya with shy-motherly smile. On top of it, she didn't look ill at all though her pale complexion looked unhealthy.

"Lord Reed, It's nice able to meet you," she said with true happiness twinkle in her black eyes.

"The pleasure's all mine, Lady Suzuhara."

"My, my, why don't you take a seat?"

In the table there are four cups, three of them including the one Lady Suzuhara's been drink off, looked like has been used. Touya gave it a glance as he seated in the seat opposite the frail looking lady. Indeed, the maid served from the remaining clean one.

"I'm sorry to fail your expectation, My Lady," Touya said with evident displeasure at recalling the fiasco.

To Touya's surprise, Lady Suzuhara only smiled, "I heard the words but would My Lord like to tell me?"

[.!_!.]

Yukito and the brown haired little girl, Misaki was having a nice time when the fair man caught sight of someone staring down at them from window in second floor. This person, a girl with red hair like ripe apple framed her heart shaped face void of emotion. Her eyes cascade down in the same cold fashion.

"She's my twin, Hikaru," Misaki said as if could read Yukito's mind.

Yukito turned to the girl in front of him. She put down the cup on the saucer, her prior contagious happiness dimmed considerably though she pulled a small smile over it. Now that Misaki said it, Yukito notice the similarity between the two. They were like mirror figure to another. Were it not of their difference hair color and emotion that swimming in their face, Yukito would find it difficult to recognize the two.

"Hikaru is very shy and didn't talk a lot. She's having hard time with peoples," Misaki explaning with soft looked eyes that spoke how much she love her twin, "Not that it matter so much. She has frail body so she usually stayed in her room."

Yukito gave the little girl in front of him a small comforting smile. It's not like he's in better place to judge people, his condition was far from…okay before he met Touya.

"That must be very lonely."

It wasn't a comment, it's a statement. At that, Misaki lift her head and her eyes filled with the same compassion as before.

"Yes, I thought so too, so I often play with Hikaru."

[.!_!.]

"So, that's how it happened. I never thought that Yue would be one of them," Lady Suzuhara looked at her hand that was fold neatly on her lap.

"It was a great loss for Suzuhara family to lose such precious family heirloom," she said carefully before lifting her head slowly. Another kind of spirit was burning in her dark eyes. "..but I was so grateful that because of this incident, I'm able to meet my precious daughters."

Tension that never been so thick before was now suffocating. It was uncalled that the Lady has daughter, and more than one at it. Everything fell silent that instance as if it was the biggest conspiracy that even single word of it could awaken descendent of Suzuhara family.

"This is one of the things that hasn't supposed to be spoken outside the family ring but I believe that it's fine to share with you, My Lord.

"Not many knows, I have babies that separated from me right after I give birth to them.. Soon, I was married to a man. He's very kind, caring and loving husband. He still willing to marry me though I told him that there's someone else I love. But in a carriage incident, he lose his life to protect me. I return to Suzuhara, my family after since.

"All the time I was pretending that I'm weak though it true at some point, I use that as cover to search my beloved children. It doesn't matter to me now to lose Midnight eye if it means that I could live with my precious daughters," the Lady smiled fondly at the distance.

It wasn't new that this kind of thing happens, that two soul forced to live separated life. Perhaps Lady Suzuhara's early lover was from lower class which highly frowned by court even these days. It seemed that Lady herself no longer care what people might say now that she found the love of her heart again. Not that Touya cared the gossips floating on the court. He was hardly like social gathering himself.

"So, the little girl with brown hair and big eyes from before was your daughter?" Touya recalled how nice the girl was.

The Lady's smile widened at the mention of her daughter. "Yes, isn't she adorable?" she asked with a healthy flush on her small baby face. "I will never think twice were it for my precious daughters, Lord Reed. And I'm sure you'll do the same were you found that precious someone."

[.!_!.]

Yukito glanced at the window again as Misaki sipped the tea from cup. The girl, Hikaru, still stand there for a moment before breaking their eye contact and walked away from his sight. That was when he heard someone calling him.

"Yukito!!"

Yukito turned his head slightly and found that Touya was there, so close to him, with frown and knitted brow. Whatever the ebony haired man was saying earlier, he looked, upset and… worry? Why would Touya worried?

"Touya?" Yukito asked confusedly as Touya decided it best to release his hands that's been gripped his shoulder…?

This confused Yukito, he looked around and found the similar worried look on Misaki's face and another grown up elegant Lady near her.

"Are you okay, Yukito'san?" she asked with genuine concern, "You seemed off for a while…"

Yukito smiled brightly, without any worries though he felt a pang of guilt, "I'm fine, Misaki'chan. I'm sorry that I make you worry."

"Nuh huh," she shake her head lightly.

"My Lady, I took it's time for me to leave," Touya bowed slightly. Yukito followed the courtesy.

"Oh, very well then, Lord Reed. I hope your friend will be okay soon," she smiled motherly.

"Thank you, Ma'am. Excuse us."

Yukito then followed Touya after bowed at both Misaki and Lady Suzuhara.

The entire way back to the ride was not as nice as it has been before. Yukito didn't know what was wrong but he did knew that something was wrong. Touya's shoulder was tense and wholeheartedly unpleasant with something. And Touya didn't looked like this before. And the Suzuhara's has the same worried look, so it was him, wasn't he?

Touya fixed his eyes on the passing scenery when he felt that Yukito's gaze was rested on him. He couldn't look back, he couldn't bring himself to look back at the pool of grey otherwise he will drown on it. So he kept silence though the other man was fidgeting in his seat, clearly bothered.

"I'm sorry…"

The barely above whisper sentence tipped Touya off a bit.

"Whatever it was, I'm sorry…"

This time Touya slowly turned to the fair man that was seated across him in the small carriage, steady step of the horses fading in the background. Yukito clasped his hands on his lap tighter as Touya said nothing for the time being.

Touya studied the other man for a while before he returned his attention outside small window. "It's okay," he said.

It was enough for Yukito, enough to bring a relieved small tugging of his lips.

It was enough for Touya, enough to convince himself that everything is okay.

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Twin Moon was on the stage again. This time the challenge was in sport competition. The infamous Inspector Poker face made the young butler spaz in rage, again. But that was made a competition worth more than the prize itself.

Next Chapter : King's Goblet. Oh, let us, we, the novelty, enjoy the competition from our seat, and bet for the winner.