Faded Amber Dreams

Chapter 3

Of all the people in the castle why did it have to be this person? Why not someone nicer, who could care less of what goes on in these walls. But no, bad things always seemed to happen to him. If anything he knew he was going to have to do something to keep this person quite. Probably something truly appalling and degrading to deflate what little ego he had left on him, considering all the fights he looses against Yuki and in front of people as well!

"I'll make a proposition with you" said the person standing, but also leaning on the table slightly at the same time.

"Which is?" asked Kyo staring directly into the persons eyes.

"I think Lady Kagura could use some company. Preferably by someone she cares for more than anything."

"Let me guess that's me, right?"

"You're a very smart kitty Kyo" said the girl letting her hand extend across the tale placing it on his cheek than trailed her slim fingers to his chin and back to herself.

"Whatever, how long would I have to do this?"

"Till........." she had a thoughtful look on her face "you fall in love.....or till I say otherwise." the girl grabbed a book and headed for the door.

"Hey Leia!" the girl turned her head slightly in his direction and gave him a questioning glance.

"Yes?"

"I don't necessarily have to do this, if you did tell Akito I could just deny the whole thing."

"Like I said smart kitty, but not that keen on tactic. You see you could deny everything, but he'd still suspect something and keep an eye out. Now how would you and Hatsuharu fair if his Highness Akito heard from one of his informers that, don't know who, they saw you and Hatsuharu in the gardens, how should I put it, placing yourselves on more than cordial grounds with one another. Mull that over for while Kyo, and..........chose wisely." With that she stepped through the door and out of sight.

"That bitch!" hissed Kyo slamming his balled hands on the table. "I can't believe the nerve of that woman, what the hell makes her think she has that much athourity!" he stood up and walked over to the window and looked outside and saw Haru picking a rose and smelling it slowly closing his eyes as he did so. Whatever was going to happen he didn't want Haru to get involved or worse end up getting hurt.

Turning away from the window he walked down the long hall and turned to his right and walked down a flight of stairs. He let his fingers drag against the stone wall on his left, the chill from the damp empty hall shot through his body causing him to recoil his hand from the stone as if burned. He ran his hand through his hair and grasped a handful of hair and tugged hard.

"Why am I so frustrated!!" yelled Kyo reaching the last step of the stairway meanwhile caught up in his aggravation he failed to realize someone was right in front of him until he walked right into the person.

"Kyo are you ok!" asked a warm inviting voice as a set of arms wrapped themselves around Kyo's body.

"Shit you scared the hell out of me! What the hell are you doing here anyways I just saw you outside?!" yelled Kyo as he shoved Haru away from him and continued walking down the hall to his room.

"I was looking for you; actually, there was a book I had wanted to go over with you because well I don't know how to read Latin really well yet." Kyo turned his head back long enough to give Haru a wieard look and shuddered.

"Do you think we'll get in trouble for not staying in our own rooms?" asked Haru sitting cross-legged in front of Kyo on his bed.

"Hm-mm" mumbled Kyo while cleaning his nails with his dagger not even glancing up at Haru.

"Kyo are you even listening to me?" asked Haru grabbing his book and throwing it at Kyo who promptly shifted to the side and easily dogged it.

"No." said Kyo as he continued to work on his nails.

"That's it!" said Haru as he snagged the dagger from Kyo's hand and threw it to the ground and pinned him to the bed. Haru had Kyo's hands pinned above his head with one hand and started to tickle him.

"God no! Stop!" yelled Kyo struggling to get out of Haru's grasp.

"Nope not until you start to listen to me." Said Haru continuing his onslaught of tickling Kyo's sides.

"Never now get the hell off me!!" yelled Kyo managing to knock Haru off balance causing the other boy to fall forward, which in turn caused Haru to release Kyo's hands so that he could brace himself.

With both hands on either side of Kyo's head Haru exhaled a breath he didn't even know he was holding. He stared directly into Kyo's ruby colored eyes and took a deep breath which brushed passed Kyo's left ear causing the other boy to twitch involuntarily.

"Haru?" whispered Kyo letting his hand run threw the other boys hair and stopped at the base of his neck where his black hair grew.

"Huh?" said Haru slowly closing his eyes as he subconsciously licked his lips.

"Do you think that what we did earlier was wrong?" asked Kyo letting his fingers play with a few strands of Haru's hair.

"Do you think that what we're doing right now is wrong?" asked Haru shifting slightly to deter the weight from his right arm.

"What do you mean?" asked Kyo furrowing his eyebrows.

"You running your fingers through my hair, me pinning you to the bed like this, me kissing you?" whispered Haru as he leaned in and started to gently kiss Kyo's surprisingly soft lips.

"No." said Kyo hoarsely "no it doesn't seem wrong at all, not one bit."

Kyo wrapped his arms around Haru's shoulders and let his right hand slide up and down Haru's back. Haru arched slightly at Kyo's strong yet delicate touch and kissed Kyo more roughly. Both boys stopped suddenly when they heard the sound of someone knocking on Kyo's door.

"Who is it?" growled Kyo irritated by the fact that someone besides Haru would even think about visiting him this late at night.

"Just me Princess Tohru, I saw your light on and was wondering if you were also having trouble sleeping?" said Tohru from behind the door.

"Trust me no trouble sleeping, Haru's just in here with me." said Kyo as he shifted himself out from under Hatsuharu and opened the door.

"Well that's good!" said Tohru smiling as she walked into Kyo's room.

"So what's bothering you Princess?" asked Haru as Kyo left the door open and picked up his dagger that Haru had previously thrown to the ground earlier.

"Uh......just a bad dream that's all." said Tohru sitting down on the chair by Kyo's open window.

"Yeah, what about?" asked Kyo once again picking at his nails with the jewel encrusted dagger while glancing momentarily at Tohru every now and then.

"Well it was sort of about you and Hatsuharu." said Tohru staring out the window while pushing back a stray strand of hair from her face.

"Oh, do tell Princess." said Haru leaning in Tohru's direction.

"Well I don't want either of you to think of me wired when I explain this." said Tohru nervously tapping the cool sill of the window.

"We won't, we promise, right Kyo!?" said Haru speaking loudly in Kyo's direction.

"Yeah, promise." said Kyo still not deterring his attention from his meticulously clean nails.

"Good. You see when my dream started everything was dark and quite I could see clouds in the sky as if it was about to pour rain from the heavens. The strange thing was that it was as if I was watching but also involved and doing things if that makes sense. I saw you, Kyo, and of course Hatsuharu you were both standing at the bottom of the castle......um....." she glanced behind her and looked at Kyo and noticed he had a quizzical look on his face then she chanced a look in Haru's direction.

"We were standing at the bottom of the castle..........doing what?" asked Haru trying to get Tohru to continue.

"Um........" she looked out the window again.

"Just spit it out already!" yelled Kyo slightly annoyed at her obvious discomfort of revealing what it was.

"Kyo what did I tell you about yelling at girls." said Haru throwing one of the pillows at him.

"Ahh......stop!" yelled Kyo trying to ward off the onslaught of pillows.

"Please continue Princess." said Haru still pelting Kyo with pillows.

"Well you see you were um.....how should I put it, embracing each other."

"No wonder you didn't want us to think of you weird!" said Haru laughingly. Kyo had gotten up from his place on the floor and sat on the bed next to Haru still holding his dagger.

"Yeah she's dreaming of guys holding each other." said Kyo tossing his dagger in the air and catching it.

"I knew you would think of me wired!" said Tohru resting her head on the sill of the window.

"Not wired, just oddly close." said Haru as he intercepted Kyo's catch.

"Do you mean?" asked Tohru picking up her head from the sill and turned so that she could look at both boys.

"He doesn't know what he means!" yelled Kyo glaring at Haru.

"Maybe not." said Haru smiling.

It was late and normally she wouldn't be out of bed so late in the evening, but Lady Kagura was thirsty so she found herself making way to the kitchens. She was walking down the corridor that led to the kitchens and opened the door only to stop her full descent into the kitchens to find his Highness Akito there. She closed the door as quietly and quickly as possible and was about to run off as fast as she could when she heard her name.

"Leia really it's such a nice evening or should I say morning?" said Akito.

Leia walked slowly into the kitchens and automatically tensed Akito always had a way of making someone feel uncomfortable in their own skin. She moved past the cooking utensils and was standing by the cutting table where Akito was residing. He was leaning against the cutting table his crimson-black tinted night robe seemed to consume his slight frame entirely leaving only his head, hands, and feet visible. She wondered faintly how he could wonder the castle in such a way.

"Evening Your Highness." said Leia bowing as she spoke.

"What possesses you to be up so........late?" said Akito narrowing his eyes in her direction.

"L-Lady Kagura wished to quench her thirst, I as her personal servant, am merely following her desires." she was starting to shiver and not of the cold.

"Leia are you afraid of me?" asked Akito still not moving from his position.

"To be completely honest Your Highness, yes I am." she took a few steps back.

"Good you'd be crazy no to be. Now Leia I need you to answer a question for me."

"Yes Your Highness?"

"As one of my most trusted informers I trust you to answer me honestly."

"Of course Your Highness."

"Tell me, do you suspect Kyo is worthy of my.......attention?"

"I'm not sure of your meaning Your Highness."

"I want you to do me a favor and keep a closer eye on Kyo for me and only him for the time being. I want you to tell me if you hear him say anything questionable or if he is getting himself involved in unfavorable relationships if you catch my drift."

"I'm following the current as does the wind when in need of companionship." she bowed and took few more steps back and was about to leave.

"Leia."

"Yes?" asked Leia bumping into the door way.

"You forgot to get Lady Kagura her drink." said Akito. He pushed himself from the cutting table and picked up something from beneath the table and placed it on top of the wooden surface. "Goodnight Leia."

Leia watched as Akito left the kitchen and as soon as he was out of sight she exhaled then reached under the table and grabbed herself something strong to drink. What the hell had she gotten herself into this time; she never should have agreed to work in the castle but the thought of a guaranteed meal and bed was so reassuring.

"Oh being a whore would be better than this!" growled Leia downing the last of her drink.

"You know drinking like that is bad for you." said a dark shadow from the doorway.

"Why the hell are you and your family so damn freaky!?" yelled Leia grabbing another cup of ale from beneath the table.

"I'll do it."

"Oh will you?"

"That's what I said damn it."

"Temper, temper kitty you really sho..... hey that's mine!" yelled Leia as Kyo grabbed the cup from her slim fingers and drank all of it.

"Who cares, I'm going to be spending time with Kagura I'm going to need it." he slammed the cup down on the table and walked to the door. Leia was making her way up the stairs and decided to follow Kyo's path. After running into Akito she didn't want to be totally alone in the corridor any longer than she had to. She paused right before turning the corner to the hall way that led to Kyo's room.

"What the heck do you think you're doing Haru?!" yelled Kyo.

Leia chanced being caught and peeked around the corner. She saw that Haru had Kyo pinned up against the door frame and was kissing him she bit her lower lip and decided to take another route back to Lady Kagura's room. She didn't want to tell Akito about Kyo and Haru because it would compromise Lady Kagura's happiness and in her opinion that always came first. If Akito ever found out he'd be more than angry he might even hurt Kyo. Not that she had any sort of feelings for him she just wanted Lady Kagura to be happy. After she left Kagura's room she walked back to hers she stood outside for a few minutes and looked down the empty dark hall.

"Oh yeah that wasn't questionable." she shook her head and went inside her room to sleep.

A/N: Hey people! ::waves:: it's been what, ages since I last updated this? If anyone's still reading tell me what you thought of the chapter. Did it seem to short, I hope it's enough to last, I'm not sure when I'll update next. Lets just hope college doesn't kill my somewhat creative spirit.

Till next time, bye!