8. Relationships: Romeo and Juliet
Sendoh blanketed Rukawa and smiled, 'I don't understand why you always keep on that cold mask of yours. All I want to do is protect you and let you know that you are loved. I really want to see you happy.'
Rukawa rolled over and mumbled something that sounded like baka.
Sendoh shook his head and gently brush the hair off his forehead, 'You're the baka.'
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"I better go or Maki-sama will be very mad," Kiyota said reluctantly.
"Wait," Jin said, "those soldiers you knocked out, I think they're about to wake up. You better stay here for a while. I'll go and lead them away."
Kiyota nodded.
Jin smiled wistfully, "I guess, I should go now…"
"You don't have to."
Jin laughed softly, "Yeah, I do. Be careful, ok?"
"No fair! I was just about to say that," Kiyota said and added, "I will. Don't worry."
Jin smiled and went out and nudged the soldiers, "Wake up. I'm going to tell King Taoka you four fell asleep and are slacking off."
"Huh?" one of the guards said groggily.
'Got to get them away from here so Kiyota-kun can escape undetected.'
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'Can what Rukawa said be true?' King Taoka wondered, 'can my son really be in love? If so, who's the girl?'
King Taoka smiled, 'I wonder if I'm going to be a grandfather soon. Maybe I should send someone to follow him.'
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"Aya-chan, you seem to be doing better today."
"Uh, yeah," she said.
Ryota grinned, "I got you a gift."
"Oh?"
He held out a small box, and opened it.
'A ring?! What is he thinking?'
"Isn't it pretty?"
But Ayako wasn't listening anymore. She just spotted Kogure walking behind Ryota and was distracted, "Yeah."
Kogure looked at her and gave her a soft smile.
She smiled back and gave him a nod of acknowledgement.
Ryota suddenly took her hand and slip the ring into her ring finger.
"What are you doing?!" she demanded.
"You nodded when I asked if I could help you put on the ring," he said looking startled by her outburst, "is something the matter, Aya-chan?"
'Oh, I thought he asked me to marry him or something.'
"It's kind of big…" he said.
"Simple," she said taking it off her ring finger and relocated it to her middle finger, "there problem solved."
She looked up to find Kogure but he was gone. She sighed, 'I really wanted to tell him thank-you, and…'
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"Ohayou gozaimasu! Finally awake sleepyhead?" Sendoh asked cheerfully.
Rukawa snorted and put on his clothes.
Sendoh smiled, and wrapped his arms around him, "Ru-"
Rukawa discontinued his sentence, "Let go of me. Now."
"…" his hands fell to his side as he watch Rukawa walk out the room, 'what did I do wrong? Why is he mad at me?'
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Hikoichi hid behind the fish ball stand as he followed Prince Sakon, 'Prince Sakon has a girlfriend? How could I not know about this? Who can the girl be? Is he going to meet her now?'
He peeked around the stand and spotted Sakon buying something at the hair accessory stand, 'Hm, that's quite odd. Who can he be buying that for? It has to be a girl. The girl I'm suppose to find? I better not lose him.'
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"How do we face Maki-sama?" Hanagata asked frowning.
"I doubt he'll blame us."
"I still don't understand how we could fail our mission. After all, the situation was to our advantage…"
Fujima patted his hand, "Don't worry about it. We did what we could."
Hanagata looked down at his hand and nodded.
They heard a very up-beat whistling. They quickly went and hid in the bushes. They spotted a very ecstatic Kiyota walking by.
"Why is he here?" he wondered aloud.
Fujima shrugged, "Who knows why he's here."
"We better hurry out of Ryonan's sphere of influence and go back to tell King Takato our failed mission."
"Whatever the consequences we're in it together," Fujima said reassuringly.
Hanagata smiled, "Hai, Kenji."
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Sakon went over to the park bench and sat down smiling, 'She'll really like this barrette. It suits her so well.'
A pair of hand covered his eyes, "Guess who."
"Denise? Sakura? Fuu?" he kidded.
"Not funny Sakon," she said pouting.
"Don't be mad Hikaru-chan. Look, I got you something."
"What?" she asked curiously.
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Hikoichi covered his mouth to prevent himself for exclaiming his discovery aloud, 'Hikaru?! Takato's daughter, Hikaru?! Princess Hikaru of Kainan?!? That's who Sakon-sama is seeing? You got to be kidding me! King Taoka will freak if I tell him this. How am I going to tell him this? This is trouble. Should I continue to follow them? Maybe they're just friends…'
Hikoichi watch as Sakon helped Hikaru put on the barrette and Hikaru showed her gratitude by giving his a quick peck on the lips, 'Ok, they're definitely not friends. And Sakon-sama has that lovesick look. Crap, crap, crap.'
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Sendoh caught up to Rukawa and grabbed his arm, "Can you please tell me what I did to offend you? Why are you so mad?"
Rukawa merely stared at him and said, "Let go."
"You should at least tell me what I did wrong, so I can change."
"You don't love me," he stated.
"Of course, I do!" Sendoh protested.
"You dare say that I'm the one you love most?"
"Well, who else would…" he began but paused, 'Yuu…'
Rukawa shook off his hand and left.
Sendoh shut his eyes and clutch his fist, 'Sendoh Akira, you're such a bastard…'
End of Relationships: Romeo and Juliet