Cinderella
By: schu-chan
*thoughts*
//flashback//

Ken sat at the table, staring at the white-haired man that sat across from him. "You'll be killed for kidnapping a noble."

Enishi grinned. "But no one knows that I kidnapped you!"

Ken scowled. "My friends'll find me..."

*Especially Schuldich...*

Enishi just continued to smile. "Aren't you hungry?"

Ken shook his head, saying, "Iie."

Just then, his stomach rumbled. His face flared up, and Enishi chuckled. "You're so cute. I made the soup myself, it should be pretty good. It's my mom's old recipe."

Ken raised his eyebrow. "Mother?"

Enishi nodded. "I may be a bandit, but I did have parents."

"Did?"

Enishi gave him a smile. "They died of an... illness. When I was 7. The leader of this group had found me and took me in."

Ken looked down at his food, feeling guilty. He picked up the spoon and began to eat.

"This... is good."

Enishi gave him another smile. "Really? Thanks."

Ken looked over to the side, where Crawford sat fuming. Ken gave Crawford a tentative smile and Crawford just glared back at him.

"Ano... could you at least let Crawford go? He's not the one you want, right?"

Crawford looked up at Ken in surprise.

"Ah, I'd love to except that he knows where our hideout is, so..."

Ken nodded. "I... I understand."

The rest of the dinner continued in silence.

~*~*~*~*~*

Schuldich sat on a bench, staring at the water in the pond. He threw a rock at it, and watched it as it hit the water and sunk to the bottom.

"What'd the rock ever do to you?"

Schuldich looked up and smiled. "Nothing, I was just bored. Come on, sit next to me."

Yohji sat down next to Schuldich on the bench, making sure to sit as far from him as possible. Schuldich noticed and frowned.

"How long has your mother known Ken's dad?"

"For a really long time... She was Ken's mom's best friend..."

Schuldich stared at Yohji in shock. "NANI?!"

Yohji nodded. "Ken was always home, so 'Kaa-san never saw him... But she disapproved of the way that Ken's mom raised him... Okaa-san doesn't really dislike Ken, she just wants him to grow up properly, not like... what's the word she used...? She doesn't want him to grow up like a weed."

Schuldich scowled. "Ken is NOT a weed! He's... he's a gentian! [1]"

Yohji raised his eyebrow. "Gentian?"

Schuldich realized what he'd just said and blushed. The flower sounded so... random.

"It's just... um, never mind."

Yohji stared at Schuldich in fascination. Schuldich seemed like him, almost. He acted and looked like a player, easy-going, and he didn't seem so... easy to make blush.

Schuldich turned to him. "So... how's the relationship between you and your brother?"

Yohji smiled. "I know you didn't ask me out here so that you could find out about my relationship with my brother."

Schuldich grinned. "You're right. I want a date with you."

"Okay, then. When?"

"Tomorrow."

Yohji nodded. Schuldich grinned. *Yosh!*

TBC...

eh..... SchuldichxYohji part came out really dull, ne? either way, R&R, onegai! and i'm REALLY sorry about the slow update... T.T

[1]: I was going to use rose, but then I thought, nah, might as well just use his image flower ^__^