He was awakened by a hoarse whisper and rough shaking. "Leo! Leo!" came the coarse voice, as loud as it dared. The shaking stopped as soon as Leo gasped and jolted in surprise.
"It's me," came the voice, cutting through the utter darkness that concealed the speaker. Leo had his suspicions, but when he lit his bedside candle he found his delight to be most sublime.
"Takumi!" he said, "Oh, Takumi!" Leo slipped his arms around the boy who had come. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm gonna get you out of here."
Leo chest rose and fell in excitement. This was the sexiest thing that had ever happened to him. But as always, his mind raced to the real, logical parameters of the situation. "Wait, but where?"
Takumi ran a hand through his hair nonchalantly, which secretly meant he hadn't really thought about it that much. Love sure as hell wasn't anything like shogi, was it?
"It doesn't matter as long as we leave, right now." He hoisted the lighter Nohrian boy from his bed.
"B-but our families! Mustn't you serve your family? Your king?"
"Where we're going, you'll be my king," Takumi said as he let Leo down to his feet. "I was alone until I met you. I don't need anyone else."
"Wrong."
"What?" Takumi asked, puzzled.
"You're gonna be my king," Leo said with a light giggle. "Let's go."
The two boys snuck off, mounted Takumi's roan, and rode like hell through the early morning dark.