Disclaimer : I don't own anything from Gravitation. The characters are Murakami Maki's and I just use them to my story.

Author's note : Yippeee!!! Finally done!!!! I can't believe that I finally wrote all of it!! . Anyway, this is my first gravitation fanfic so forgive me if there are grammar errors. R&R please, enjoy!!

"Naninani"à Speaking

'naninani' à thoughts

Vaguely Intrigues

Chapter four: Visage

"I Hold the world but as the world..a stage where every man must play a part.."

Antonio, the merchant of Venice.

Shuuichi woke up that morning quickly.

 He didn't know why, but since he was a toddler, he sure woke up when he felt the sunshine touched his face. He didn't mind after all; it was a good habit. He could spend more time to awe the gift that God had given to human, the land. Sometimes in the past, he woke up in early morning and spent time to walk around in the palace. And that was what he was trying to do; wake up and walk around.

"Uurrgghh….hurt.." he moaned when he tried to get up. "Come on Shuuichi, you can do it; one, two…" He slowly got down from his bed, " Three! Safe!" he muttered as he realized he could stand on his own feet. "Thank God it doesn't hurt like before…"

"Hmm…I wonder if this place have beautiful garden like I have in my country.." he muttered as he walked on the alley.

As he walked, he realized that he was walking through the paints of the King and The Royal family. He stopped to see it more clearly. There were, if he's not mistaken, 15 paints. Each paint has the King's or the prince's name on it. One, which stayed on the very left, was a paint of someone that had killer-like eyes; very dark and cloudy. It was the Uesugi Shonen. That man didn't smile, but glared, which made Shuuichi felt a little bit scared. He went on with the other photos, saw a black haired man with the nasty smile and the brown eyes, another with the gray eyes and white hairs, one with pair of topaz blue eyes and gray hair, on and on he kept on enjoying it.

Shu muttered an "Uhm.." or a "Hmmmph…" when he saw the expression on the Kings face, which he though a little bit funny. He kept on saw it…

But he stopped dead at the paint that was the second from the end.

Shuuichi couldn't believe his eyes.

In front of him, there was a paint of someone he was very familiar with. It showed one with the blonde hair, emerald-golden eyes, pointed nose and that pale skin. It was the man that he had met twice, the man that called him 'kusogaki'. The man at the paint was glaring like he used to be and sit like he was forced to. His eyes were clouded.

He read the man's name. "Uesugi Eiri…" it came from his trembling mouth. He didn't have any idea why his mouth trembled.

"So…he was the prince? Wow…I didn't expect to meet someone that was a prince .too." he admitted to him self. He smiled as he closed his eyes, recalling the events when he met Eiri. 'He is so..handsome with the blonde hair, and those eyes are so cool!' he thought, 

'I wonder why I never met him in the party for the royal family, he must be the center of the attraction because he was so…handso—'

"Hey!"

His eyes snapped open. Someone had called him and it made him scared. Slowly, he turned around.

Only to make him felt worse because the person that has called him was the person he was dreaming of. Eiri.

"What are you doing?" asked the irritated Eiri.

Caught with his dreaming face, Shuuihi couldn't help but blush. "I…I was walking to the garden." He said with small voice.

"And why do you stop in front of my pictures, kusogaki? Admiring my face?"

That name made him angry. "Hey! Watch your mouth! I am not admiring your face! Never!" he shouted angrily. 'Which was a big lie…' he said in his heart. "It was obvious to me why a person like you could be a prince!!"

"That doesn't explain why you have your smiling face when you were looking at my paint." Eiri lifted an eyebrow to him.

Shuuichi felt like his face was spilled by red color. "I wasn't smiling!! How could you say that to me! I'm just---Aaaaahhhhh!!!" he felt his wound throbbed.

'I will hit the floor…' he thought as he felt an unbearable pain that caused him to fall down.

But it never happened. Strong arms wrapped around his small figure, preventing him to hit the floor.

"What are…" he asked.

"You will make the floor dirty with your blood if you hit it" the blonde explained sarcastically.

But the blonde's action betrayed his words. Slowly, he lifted Shuuichi to his arm.

"H—hey! Where are…you going to b-bring m-me..?"

"Isn't obvious? I'm going to take you to your room." The blonde spoke to his hair.

"No." he shook his head.

"What?"

"P—please, I beg you, I don't want t-to be in that room…" he said breathlessly, "I-I'm bored…I w-want to see the garden …." He searched the blonde's eyes, wanting to show him his determination. He looked through the emerald-golden eyes which were shone brightly. Magentas met with emerald-golden eyes and, weirdly, Eiri could understand what Shuuichi wanted.

"All right" finally he said. "But I'm not responsible if you're dying or anything."

Shuuichi smiled. "Thanks Eiri." He hugged that man –actually he was hugging Eiri's neck, because he was lifted by Eiri-. He felt Eiri's body tensed. 'What the..'

"Stop it!" Eiri shouted.

Shuuichi looked shocked. Quickly he let go of his neck, "I'm sorry…I must be overwhelmed, aren't I?" He blushed again.

"Make sure your hands didn't touch anything or I won't take you to the stupid garden" Eiri said angrily.

Shuuichi nodded. 'Why he has to be so angry? The hug was the thank you-thing from me.'

They walked together to the garden silently. Shuuichi could feel Eiri's heartbeat as Eiri walked on the path to the garden. Shuuichi smiled. He felt save.

Finally they reached the garden. Shuuichi was so happy he felt he could jump from Eiri's arm and run in that beautiful garden. It was really beautiful garden; It has a pool that was surrounding by the plants and the flower, the pool was downstairs so we have to walk down alleys if we want to go in there. Flowers and plants flooded the path that surrounded the pool. At the edge of the path there was a little cave with carves on it.

"It was so beautifull!!" Shuuichi smiled, his magentas shone brightly. Eiri grunted.

"Geezee.. can't you be happy even in the beautiful place like this?" Shuuichi glanced at him, "Is that make you sick to smile a little?"

"Brat, I won't carry you if you keep saying those words."

"But you have to! It was your fault my heart was beating so fast then it trembled!!"

"And what does it supposed to mean?" Eiri's eyes looked deeply into his eyes.

"Nothing." He looked at his surroundings, anywhere but Eiri. "Can you please let me sit on that bench?" He pointed to the bench that was beside the pool.

Eiri didn't answer, but he did what Shuuichi asked so.

"Okay," said Shu when he sit on the bench, " you can leave"

The blonde didn't call him name or jerked him like he used to, he just looked at Shuuichi's eyes. Again, emerald-golden eyes searched deeply into magentas one. Shuuichi felt those eyes stopped his heartbeat. He knew he was blushing.

It lasted a long time before Eiri turned around and Shuuichi muttered a "What??"

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There was something different in Shuuichi's mind when he went back to his room. Some was the pain, from the wound he had before. Other was something that got his nerves when he recalled the event before. People called it the butterfly feelings. It makes your stomach lurched, or, makes you feel like you're having a stomachache if you tried to think about some event. 

As long as he lived, never he had this nerve before. He closed his eyes, trying to ignore the nerve feeling in his stomach as he recalled events that happened in his life.

He didn't afraid when his father, The King of Astoria, got angry of him because he refused to marry Ayaka. On the other situation, he didn't even flinch when his mother slapped him because of his impolite way to talk with his father. He, on the other hand, thought it was a funny accident. Even he felt exited, not scared to death, when he was trying to escape from that castle with Hiro! So, why he felt like had a stomachache every time he recalled the event when saw that blonde alone in the garden?

"Aarggh…why I feel nervous when I am thinking about him?" he yearned to nothing in particular.

"About what, Shuuichi?"

Shu's face turned shock. "Hi-Hirooo!!!" he said cutely.

"Yeah, me. What have you talked about, my dear Shu?"

"A—ano…I was talking about…" Shuuiochi swore his face was red.

"About what?" Hiro's brown eyes looked teasingly to his own.

"About..the beautifull garden I've just gone to! It was so beautiful that-"

"Stop it Shu." Hiro cut angrily, "can you please tell the truth to your best friend?"

"I-I'm sorry Hiro…" Shuuichi muttered. He went through Hiro and sit on his bed. "I just have some strange feelings."

"About him? The blonde one?"

Shu's eyes widened, "How do you know about him? I've never said anything about him!"

"I'm your best friend, Shu, I've known you since you're a child. So, tell me what happened that make you went from this room even though you're not really heal .."

"Okay." Shu nodded. He has no other choice. Hiro has his glare on him. "But promise me you won't cut me, ok?" Hiro nodded.

 "Good." Shuuichi smiled a little. Then he began his explanation, "I woke up on early morning, I felt bored and finally I tried to get up-" until he came to the garden's part.

"Eiri looked me so intensively with his eyes. I couldn't ever blink at that time. I felt so….weird. He seemed to see right through me. But you know, his emerald-golden eyes made my heartbeat stop! It was so confusing!"

"Wait. What did you say, again?"

"He seemed right through me—"

"No. The 'Eiri looked at me..' " Hiro looked at him closely.

"He looked at me so intensively. He seemed to see right through me." Shuuichi said, confused.

"AHA!!" Hiro shouted.

"What? " he became more confused. Hiro had his smiled, teasingly face on him. "What?" he replied. .

"Oh my God, Shuuichi! Stop being an innocent! You must know it!"

"Know what?" Shuuichi blinked.

"Shuu!! He likes you!" Hiro shouted.

"What?!!" Shuuichi's face began to blush. "And you love him, too." Hiro added quickly.

"What does it supposed to mean? Hiro, you couldn't just tell he likes me suddenly and tell me I love him, too??"

Hiro tried to prevent his anger to Shuuichi. Oh my, was Shuuichi really that innocent so he couldn't think what that 'look' mean? Eiri must be checking on him!

"Shuu, Eiri likes you enough to see you like that. Listen, first, he looked intensively to you. Secondly, He tensed when you hugged him. Third, he tried to tease you. And the last was he gave you 'that look'!"

"What 'look'?" Shuu felt his head spin.

Hiro winked at him, "You know, like what we've ever seen at the movie, when the man looked into the woman he loves."

"B-but Hiro!" Shuu felt overwhelmed. He was too happy to notice that. But as he recalled again, Eiri sure has that 'look' on him. Yeah, Hiro maybe right.

"But what I am supposed to do?"

Hiro patted his head like he was Hiro's child. "Don't worry. You love him and he loves you. Just wait until the time comes and you two will be together."

Deep in his heart, he hoped that was true.

tbc

Author's note :

Hey!! I'm sorry if this chapter sucks….I think I must be blabber around and make you bored. However, REVIEWS me so I know what you think of this chapter? Is it too quick to make Eiri and Shuuichi fall in love? Or is Eiri OOC? Please let me know!!