Chapter 3

Yao was pacing in the entrance hall awaiting the King's return with the new Queen.

"Aiyah I hope that nothing happened to him."

Yao had spent the entire day explaining why the King was nowhere to be found and he was getting sick of being asked "When will he return?"

"Hurry up Alfred aru"

Alfred and Arthur had stopped just outside the capital to allow their horses to have a break. As they sat and watch as the horses ate some of the summer grass Alfred still couldn't take his eyes off Arthur.

Arthur had noticed this some time ago and couldn't stop his face from reddening.

Alfred thought that no time was better than now to find out Arthur liked him in return.

Arthur looked to Alfred about to say something but was cut off by Alfred.

With a scratch to the back of his head he said "Arthur I think that you should know that the King and Queen of Spades are always two people who are destined to be together." And with a pleading look on his face, he looked to Arthur "And I have to know if you felt a spark between us when our hands first touched"

Arthur's face reddened even further. He looked away for a brief second before saying "I did. But there is something that you should know about me love."

Alfred was happy that Arthur liked him back and that he even called him 'love'

"What is it Arthur?"

"You see . . . um . . . do you . . . believe in magic?" asked Arthur nervously whilst clutching both of his arms

Alfred was a bit confused by Arthur's behaviour, but decided to give him his honest answer.

"Yeah of course I do. I mean come on Spades is known for its magic, how else would those clocks be able to choose the royals. Why do you ask?"

"My family is a very strong magical line. My mother, brothers, sister and I all have the ability to use magic and see magical creatures; Annabelle for instance is actually a unicorn."

"Dude that's amazing. Is there any way that I can see?" Alfred moved closer to Arthur.

Arthur looked at Alfred stunned and nodded as he offered Alfred his hand.

Alfred placed his hand in Arthur's, he then looked towards Annabelle. The once chestnut brown mare had transformed into an elegant white unicorn with light purple mane and tail that both fell into gentle curls.

Alfred continued to look around in the area that he and Arthur where in and was astonished at all the magical creatures that were around

"Dude this . . . this is amazing. Do you see like this all the time?"

"Yes love I do"

"How is that possible? Is it like some sort of permanent spell or something? Dude what are those things over there?"

"No love it's not because of a spell. I'm able to see them because I have green eyes." Arthur couldn't help but giggle at Alfred's child like reaction "Those are called Brownies love."

It took Alfred a few minutes to register what Arthur had said about his eye colour.

He looked towards Arthur and asked "What do you mean by 'because you have green eyes'?"

"Well love it's pretty simple, people who have green eyes, it doesn't matter about what shade, are able to see magical creatures that are hidden around us and are able to communicate with them."

Alfred immediately wrapped his arms around Arthur and pulled him into a hug "You're so awesome. I didn't think that it was possible to love you more than I already do."

Arthur immediately looked up at Alfred upon hearing his declaration of love towards him.

A gentle blush spread across Arthur's cheeks as he said "I . . . love you to Alfred"

Alfred quickly pressed his lips to Arthur's in a kiss.

Arthur was hesitant from the shock at first, but then started to kiss Alfred back.

Their lips did not part for a good couple of minutes, as the need to breathe was becoming apparent.

Alfred looked around and saw that the sun was about to set.

He looked at Arthur and said with a gentle smile "I think we should head to the castle before it gets dark"

Arthur nodded, still lost in thought of what had happened.

Alfred helped Arthur to his feet. They walked over to they're horse hand in hand.

They then made their way towards the castle of Spades riding side-by-side each other.

A/N: hehehehehe lots and lots of USUK fluff in this one, and no one to cock block this time. the actual kiss scene was re-written from a gentle lean into a kiss to 'i'm gonna kiss this guy right now' because I thought that was more Alfred. I am not going to lie I fangirled when writing the kiss scene, original and re-written.

the part about people with green eyes being able to see magical creatures is something I picked up from the anime/manga series called 'The Earl and the Fairy'. if you like light shojo I highly recommended it; manga first then anime to fully grasp at what happens in the storyline. Brownies are a type of pixy and can also be found in 'The Earl and The Fairy'.

so yeah that was the big secret, the reason as to why its a secret will be revealed in the next chapter. that's the closest I am going in the way of possible spoilers people.

so till next time gxgirl-93 out