Tennis tired me out today and it was only an hour and a half practice. But it's also hot out now. Anyway...Here's chapter four. R&R
Summary: AU. In the modern day, even princes and princess exist. A hasty marriage causes a conflict within the palace walls. And what's more, the new princess is falling inlove with the second in line for the crown instead of the one she has married. FujixSakuno, Fujicest, one-sided Sakuno and Yuuta, one-sided Ann and Fuji, and MomoxAnn.
Disclaimer: I do not own prince of tennis. I do not own the song at the beginning, it is Bo nael soo uhb neun sarang (A Love I can't let go) by Just. It's from the Korean Drama Nae Ireumeun Kim Sam-soon (My Name is Kim Sam-soon). It is, of course, translated from Korean to English. The only things I own are Sakuno's friends Akari and Kaori.
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Don't be sad. As time passes we'll become
I can't live without you
I hate you because I love you this much
Without saying anything, just hold my hand
So you don't recognize me, don't keep any memories of me
It had been a couple days since Yuuta had assaulted Fuji, or rather tackled him, on school grounds. The school was still up in arms over Yuuta's actions. What really was shocking was that somehow it leaked into the media. Sunday evening, Yuuta was being followed by the media, and escaped them. The next morning, as he was walking to school, he picked up a paper. All because he was the cover.
"Lost prince returns home? Cheh." Yuuta twitched, getting some stares and listening to whispers. It looked like he would be returning back to the palace sooner than he hoped. Certainly if his mother learned of the news, it wouldn't even be a couple days left out of the palace.
Any conversations ended whenever Yuuta walked boy, dumping the newspaper into the trash. Everyone was talking about him, but none approached him. He had taken a couple steps onto school grounds when masses flocked as the crown prince's car pulled up. Yuuta had better things to do than stand right there, like escape the cameras that were at the school, but the elder prince had plans.
"Yuuta." Yuuta twitched at hearing his name being called and turned around, waiting for his brother to catch up. The elder boy just smiled at the second year, escorting him in with Sakuno at their heels.
"Did you need something?" Fuji gave a small pout at the other's words.
"So mean. But you've been summoned to the palace." Yuuta huffed.
"I figured as much. Whatever." Yuuta entered his classroom, the whole class falling silent and watching him.
This set out his day. People seemed to avoid him, while talking about him behind his back. Lunch was even the same, but the second year escaped to the roof to escape listening to the whispers and murmurs.
"Yuu-kun. We found you." Yuuta looked as Sakuno and her friends walked onto the roof.
"I told you he'd be on the roof." Tomoka huffed at Akari.
"Yuuta-kun, is it true that you're a prince?" At Sakuno's question, Yuuta got up and walked right past them, right back inside.
After school came too quickly, or maybe too slowly. Even the drama teacher wanted to know the truth, but Yuuta always ignored the allegations. Now he couldn't, for grey orbs met blue orbs.
"Yuuta, ready to go?" Yuuta sighed.
"Hai, Aniki." This made Fuji smile as he tugged Yuuta to the car, settling him between himself and Sakuno, who kept glancing at him the whole time. Yuuta felt uncomfortable sitting between the two, feeling more like a prisoner than someone who was just returning back to his home. The car pulled to a stop outside the main doors, Fuji dragging Yuuta right out. "They moved you to a bigger room, but some of your things are in mine." Fuji pulled Yuuta off to his room, Sakuno following, and shutting the door behind them, locking it for safe measures.
"That girl's nice. Odd meeting, but she was introduced to me as the crowned princess and so I realized that you really did get married and that tape wasn't a lie." Yuuta had taken a seat on the edge of his brother's bed.
"So you saw the wedding?" Fuji froze while shuffling through some boxes.
"A friend at school aired it for his report on royal marriages in the modern era." Yuuta played with the bottom of his school blazer.
"I see..." Fuji's voice died out as he opened the right box. "Found it." He would then start tugging out clothing, chucking them to Yuuta. "They did a guess on your height and stuff based on what Aunt told us and from pictures. It might be a little big." Yuuta gathered the clothes up. "If you walk out that door and take a left, the bathroom is the second door on the right." Yuuta nodded, taking the clothes with him. Both boys changed, Yuuta returning to watch his brother fix the band on his jacket. But the younger boy soon jumped at the knocking at the other door.
"Crown Prince, the Queen awaits you and the others." Fuji nodded.
"Of course." Yuuta tugged out the sleeves, they were a little big, but not too bad. He exited the room and into the center area between his brother's room and Sakuno's, finding the younger girl out there already. She was a white pink dress that went to her knees and flats. As Fuji joined them, Sakuno admired the two brothers, both in similar outfits; black pants with red and yellow embroidery down the side of the pant legs, blazer-like tops with red and gold collars, golden buttons going down towards the right side of the body, red and gold embroidery down the arms, the bottom of the arms more red than gold, and red bands crossing from their right shoulder to left side of the waist. Both wore dress shoes.
"Your outfits are amazing." Sakuno blinked, Fuji shrugging.
"They normal. Used for important things going on in the palace." The three of them left to meet the queen. Yuuta sat alongside his brother, Sakuno on the other side. Grey orbs would look from his mother to his sister and brother-in-law.
"Yuuta-kun, I'm so happy you've returned back to Japan."
"Yes, your majesty."
"Since you're now home, we'll have everything moved back here. We'll set up your own place outside the inner limits, since we can't have both Princes in the inner palace, but you will reside within palace walls." Yuuta twitched.
"Of course, your majesty." The Queen smiled.
"We'll have a wonderful dinner, all of us together."
"That sounds like a wonderful idea." Yuuta wanted to glare daggers at his sister, but didn't. The conversation ended there, as the Queen talked to the attendant to ready dinner, Fuji taking right off. Yuuta sighed as he listened to the attendant tell him where his current room is, taking right off. Sakuno walked along right side him.
"I was so surprised that you're really Fuji-kun's younger brother." Yuuta didn't say a word. "I was really surprised. Why would you want to hide it?"
"Because it's not the grand life being royalty." Yuuta muttered, deciding to talk a long walk around the grounds. His current position? The gardens.
"It's really amazing. I mean, I can do without the studying and stuff, but I really like it. It doesn't seem that bad either." Yuuta rolled his eyes; the poor girl had no clue what she was saying.
"You weren't born here, so you have no idea." Yuuta caught sight of his brother, who stopped.
"Sakuno, return to your room, I wanna talk with my little brother." The words match the younger male twitch, Sakuno just nodding as she took off.
"What do you want, Aniki?" Yuuta plopped down on the grass, chucking a pebble into the pond.
"Why did you return now, Yuuta?" Fuji settled next to his brother, the other looking at him.
"You think I wouldn't return after seeing my brother get married? Huh?" Blue orbs looked into grey orbs.
"Yuuta-"
"Look. I saw that, but I miss home more, so I had to return. I'm not the crown prince, so I don't care that I'm not in the inner section to the Palace. It's just about being home." Yuuta had looked away.
"Saa... Same, Yuu-chan." Fuji ruffled the other's hair, who swatted the elder's hands away.
"Don't joke around."
"Time has indeed changed you." Fuji got to his feet. "I miss the old Yuuta." With that, the crown prince walked away, leaving the younger prince by the pound.
"You miss the old Yuuta? What the heck is that supposed to mean." Yuuta chucked a stone into the pond, getting to his feet.
"Young prince. I've been instructed to guide you to your new housing." Yuuta nodded and followed the palace maid. His building was a little large than he would've expected, but it still felt nice. There were several rooms, his bedroom already set up for him. He just explored the rooms, finding rooms that were just libraries upon libraries. He had a dining room and his own living room. He stumbled into the kitchen, blinking at a maid cleaning up.
"Oh, young prince. Your chef isn't in at the moment. Do you need anything?" Yuuta shook his head.
"No. I was just looking around." The maid bowed.
"Please be careful." Yuuta left back out the door he came in through. He settled on returning back to his room. He relaxed on his bed as he took in his surroundings. The room was slightly messy, just like how he always kept it, loved to keep it. He then noticed the computer, it seemed new. He moved over and sat down, booting it up. He blinked at the background.
"Aniki's computer?" He looked at the model, finding it just came out not even a year ago. He huffed as he scanned through files, finding pictures of him and his brother, logs from talking with their aunt, and so on. One file caught his eye, labeled To Yuuta. So curiosity got the better of him and he opened it up.
Yuuta,
It's been so long since we've talked. I wonder if you'll even read this email attachment, let alone the email. I guess probably not. But I hope you'll come back home soon. Nee-san and Kaa-san miss you, and of course I miss you, too. If you come back, maybe we'll leave together, like we talked about when little. Wouldn't that be something? We wouldn't get separated. How's the sixth grade, Yuuta? You keeping up in your studies? Where are you now? Aunt said you moved to another country. Was America not satisfying? Japan should, so come home. Come home for high school, for me. And no matter what, we'll plot our escape. The palace is too confining. I don't want to be trapped here forever, Yuuta. And neither did you, that's why you left. Nee-san and Nii-san can handle the household on their own, so I could leave when you come. Email me back and let me know how you're doing. Kay?
Syuusuke
Yuuta reread it a couple times. Wait, that was from back when he moved to France. Yuuta signed into his email box and checked his messages, nothing from his brother. What happened to it? Why was it never received? He sighed as he closed out, leaning against the desk, head on his hand.
"Something bothering you, Yuuta-kun?" Grey orbs looked up to see Sakuno. When did she enter?
"What are you doing here?"
"I wondered what you and Fuji-kun talked about, so I had a maid show me here, otherwise I would've gotten lost." Yuuta got to his feet, closing out of everything on the computer.
"Well, I'm on my way out of here." Sakuno grabbed his arm as he passed by.
"Show me the way back, then?" Yuuta gave a snort without a reply. He led the female back to her room. "Thank you so much. I'm horrible with directions."
"I've noticed you get lost on school grounds." Yuuta didn't wait for a reply, walking right into his brother's room, shutting and locking the door behind him.
"Yuuta?" Fuji looked up from his new computer.
"Did you send that email?" Fuji tilted his head to the side.
"Email?"
"You put your computer in my room. Do you not think of deleting things? I'll kill you if I find anything dirty." Yuuta huffed, Fuji smiling.
"Oh, oh. The email I was going to send you. No, I didn't send it. Before I could, I got sat down and told that I had to go into harder training for I would be needed as crown prince. Us running away wouldn't be a good thing."
"You think that had I gotten it, I would've come back and expected us to run away?" Yuuta raised an eyebrow.
"Nope."
"Well, I would've." Yuuta unlocked the door and tugged it open.
"Yuuta, wait."
"What?" Yuuta turned to stare at his brother.
"Just... Welcome home, Yuuta. Maybe one day, we could live a normal life. And whenever you go away and return home, I could always greet you like this." Yuuta rolled his eyes.
"Grow up." He then shut the door behind him as he left.
"I really wanted to say...I still want to run away with you, Yuuta..."
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Another chapter down, and I wonder where exactly should I end it? I wonder. Anyway, hopefully I'll update soon.