Three months into the courtship and Sawamura and Miyuki had gotten closer even if there was teasing here and there but they were in love all the same that eventually Sawamura had ended up in the king's bed, nude under the white satin sheets. He couldn't remember much of last night, only that he was on patrol till suddenly he was summoned by Miyuki for whatever reason but ended up getting lock up in the king's room and was quickly seduced. It was all a blur after that as the two were lost in their own world and sleep soon followed afterwards.
Miyuki stirred out of his slumber and turned to face his beloved, smiling, "Well, good morning."
Eijun huffed and faced away from him, muttering, "You are the worst…"
He chuckled, "You didn't seem to think so last night."
"You should have waited until our wedding night!"
"Well you didn't hesitate for a moment did you?"
"I… Argh!" he covered his face.
"Relax, Sawamura, it's not like you'll produce a child out of wedlock so you're safe."
He grumbled, "Yeah I guess, but the point of a wedding night is to solidify the bond you make at the ceremony."
His lover rubbed his back as he said, "Well then just think of this as practice for the real thing."
"If it was practice you could have holded back but now I'm going to be sore for the rest of the day!"
"Don't worry I'll just give you the day off."
"But I don't want special treatment. It was bad enough that you announced my true identity and our courtship that everyone in the guard started treating me differently. Thankfully, Kuramochi, Haruichi, and Furuya still think of me as a knight and not a prince. They're my truest friends."
Miyuki sighed and held him in his arms, "I'm sorry, I really did mess up your life didn't I?"
"Well… not completely… I don't regret last night or us getting together. It's nice having someone you can love…" he kissed his arm.
The king smiled, "Same goes for me." kissing his head before they end up kissing on the lips and falling back on the mattress making out.
Suddenly a knock came at the door making them stop and a female voice they recognized as Ms. Takashima Rei's called out, "Your Majesty, your breakfast is almost ready, shall I send for Sawamura to have you join you?"
Sawamura was about to reply but Miyuki covered his mouth making a shushing motion as he responded, "No need, I invited him last night. He'll be there shortly."
Rei acknowledged his answer and left. Making the young king sigh in relief, it certainly would have been bad if his old governess found him in bed with his unwedded partner, he would have gotten quite an earful despite him being the king.
"Whew, that was close, Rei-chan almost found us. So looks like you get your wish as we'll have to wait until the wedding to continue these passionate nights."
"You really are the worst…"
He laughed and kissed his temple.
In the days that followed, Sawamura felt sick to his stomach and he thought maybe it was nerves getting the better of him since he was about to go on his mission the captain assigned him along with Haruichi and Furuya in a couple of days. That to make sure nothing was wrong he visited his favorite apothecary.
Takigawa Chris Yuu was an expert on medicinal herbs and exercises that help prevent a knight from pushing himself too far. Needless to say when Sawamura first came to the castle he was a regular patient till he wised up and got better.
Eijun told Chris his symptoms and the apothecary examined him, then he pressed his lower stomach, making a curious look before going to a book and turned the pages, he inquired, "Eijun, are you aware of a legend in your homeland that certain men can have a chance at pregnancy that was a blessing by the gods?"
The boy gawked and asked, "Why are you telling me this?"
"Well since you are the king's intended I had to look into your past medical experiences and look up anything in your family's history and given your time with the king I say that legend holds true to what you are feeling now which is morning sickness."
Eijun couldn't believe his ears, he… was pregnant?
"It's hard to believe I'm sure but it's real and your stomach is proof of that."
"What should I do? Miyuki and I aren't married yet and I'm about to go on my first mission as a knight!"
Chris was quick to answer, "I can give you herbs to tame your morning sickness and as long as you don't do anything reckless during the mission then you should be fine."
"You're… not going to tell him?"
"I should but I know how important this is to you and we can't risk having people know you're pregnant and start an uproar within the court."
Sawamura nodded and uttered, "Thank you Chris… thank you…"
The man hugged him and patted his back as he whispered, "It'll be alright, I promise…"
Without them knowing it, a blackbird was watching them from an open window and through its irises it connected to a crystal ball that a blond haired prince was watching and upon hearing the information given, he smiled wickedly.
The day came for Sawamura, Haruichi and Furuya to leave to help the local merchants with their spice trade, normally Sawamura would complain over such a lackluster mission but given recent circumstances he bared with it. So far the only ones he and Chris told were Haruichi and Furuya so they could look after him during the mission. They were shocked at first but happy nevertheless for their friend.
They were about to set off when Miyuki came to bid them a safe journey. He said, "Sawamura." and held up a golden pendent to put around the boy's neck.
The knight smiled at him and embraced him tightly.
The king noticed his prince was hugging him more closely than usual, making him raise a brow but decided to let it go.
"I will miss you…" the boy whispered.
"So will I…"
They slowly parted from each other with their hands lingering till Sawamura got on his white charger to join his friends. With a final wave, they trotted away and disappeared from sight…
It took about two weeks for the merchants to complete the trade and with that their mission was a success and the three knights started to return home. Sawamura laughed with Haruichi as they recalled the fun they had while Furuya simply nodded. The road was dark with only the moonlight shining for them, it was peaceful and quiet until…
WHACK! A sudden ambush!
Ropes came out of nowhere tying up the trio as they exclaimed in surprise. They got knock off their horses and were drag by cloaked men to face a short white blonde with icy blue eyes.
Furuya scowled darkly at him, "Prince Narumiya Mei…"
"Indeed, and congratulations you are now my guests of staying at my lakeside castle from now on." he grinned.
Sawamura struggled in his bonds, "Why the hell would we do that?!"
Mei went stone face, unsheathed his sword and pointed at the boy's stomach, "Oh I can think one reason…" he smirked deviously.
Eijun's blood ran cold and uttered in despair, "No… No… NOOOOO!" He cried out to the sky with tears running down his cheeks.
Both Furuya and Haruichi exchanged a look of sadness for their friend before they faced their kidnapper with hatred in their eyes, wishing him dead.
Once Sawamura's sobs lessen, Mei kept smiling as he said, "Now as long as you cooperate, no harm will come to you and your child, same goes for you two."
With no choice, they obeyed him and quietly went with him.
Before they left, Mei removed Eijun's pendent and left it on the ground so that it would seem that Sawamura was gone and would never be able to come back.
And just like that, they had disappeared into the night.
Miyuki paced back and fore in his study, it's been three days too long since the knights were supposed to come back. He sent Yuki and the higher rank knights to check to see what was taking so long. Finally they came back and Yuki came in with a solemn look. Miyuki didn't like that. Then he froze when seeing the pendent Yuki had as the captain sadly expressed.
"I'm sorry… we couldn't find them anywhere…"
He slowly took the pendent in his grasp and commanded darkly, "Leave me… now…"
Yuki obeys without a second thought and closed the door behind him.
Miyuki's lips and body trembled before he let out a roar and started to smash everything around him. Tears ran down with him acting like a madman and he bellowed out.
"MEI, YOU MONSTER! I KNOW YOU'RE ONE THAT DID THIS! I SWEAR… I WILL FIND HIM AND YOU WILL NOT STOP ME!"
His knees buckled as he kept sobbing, "Sawamura… Sawamura… Eijun… I will come for you… I promise… no matter how long it takes… I swear it on my love for you…" and cried on.