Title: Tale of A Story
Author: DnKS - giRLs
Rating: G to PG
Pairing: TezuFuji, FujiRyo, MomoRyo, Golden Pair, Inukai, SaeYuu, OshiGaku... (forget the rest)
Warning: Major OOCness, trans-gender (some), rambling, plotless, mention them all… but you should know, this fic's main point is not on romantic scene. It's (yeah, though we hate to admit it) just like what Sei has said, kinda like LOTR...
Disclaimers: …(don't want to write 'em)…
Chapter 2 - The Prince
The wind blew Fuji's soft hair and the surf touched the tips of his toes gently. He pulled up his fur-lined collar over his mouth and he wiped his hair from his eyes. His boots were soon wet so he took a few steps backward to avoid the contact with the water. He bumped to something hard, and by the time he turned his head to meet the thing behind him, his smile had been plastered bright on his face.
"It is indeed a beautiful day, Sir, too beautiful to just being spent inside the house," said Fuji. "I believe you also think that way, Sir Kunimitsu."
"If you define this day as beautiful, then how can I, Your Excellency, describe your beauty?" said Kunimitsu.
Fuji's smile grew brighter. "I haven't known before that a stranger could have such a sweet tender lips," said he.
Kunimitsu replied his smile. "And I haven't known before that a Prince could have a love with a stranger's lips," said he.
They stared at each other for a blissful time before Fuji tore his gaze and faced the sea again. He could not explain why, but he always felt lost every time their eyes met. Kunimitsu seemed to having something great beneath his cold appearance. Fuji could sense an aura of pride and dignity being emitted from him. It was far more than what he could endure. And the thing got worsened by the fact that he really loved that man.
"What are you doing, if I may know?" said Kunimitsu politely.
"I'm collecting sea shells," said Fuji. He opened his palms and showed a great quantity of sea shells on them.
"What for?" said Kunimitsu.
"I don't know, I just love them," said Fuji. "I used to doing this ever since the very first time I saw the sea. They are so beautiful. It's a pity that no one else than me can understand their beauty."
Kunimitsu walked towards Fuji. He placed his palms over Fuji's opened ones. His gentle fingers clasped Fuji's palms and like once Fuji had held his palms dearly, that time he returned the favour to him.
"I can," he said.
Fuji looked at him and smiled. "Yes, you can…"
He released his palms from the warmth of Kunimitsu's touch. He could sense the other man became a little tense because the lost of the touch but he ignored it. Just like the way Kunimitsu's eyes did to him, his touch also felt the same.
Fuji started to put the sea shells that he had collected on the sand. He made a big circle around them and as he did that, he felt Kunimitsu's gaze followed his every move.
"What are you doing?" he heard Kunimitsu's voice arose.
"I'm making a sanctuary for us," said Fuji. "These shells will protect us from any harm. They cannot touch us…they won't."
"And who are this they?" asked Kunimitsu. Fuji could sense the curiosity behind his question.
"They…" said Fuji softly. He stopped his move and just stood there, beside Kunimitsu. "They are the world…with every people inside it."
Fuji could see the confusion that swept over Kunimitsu's face. He knew what he had said was probably confused the man, but he could not bring himself with a better explanation.
He sat himself on the sand and stared to the sea. Soon, he saw Kunimitsu followed his act and sat beside him.
"Are you afraid of the world?" he heard Kunimitsu asked.
Fuji smiled, "Indeed, I am. It is quite amused, don't you think so?"
Kunimitsu's answer was only the silence. But Fuji expected no answer from the very first time. He dared himself and before his mind could comprehend, he had placed his head on Kunimitsu's lap.
He felt warm and save there, together, so very close with the one he loved. He looked up straight to Kunimitsu's gentle eyes.
"May I ask you a question?" said Fuji.
Kunimitsu's hand caressed Fuji's soft hair and he said, "Please do so."
"Was you…when first time you saw me…was you afraid of me?"
"Why should I?" Kunimitsu asked.
"Because normal people would surely find me terrify them." Fuji answered sadly.
"But you forget one simple thing, my dear," said Kunimitsu. He took Fuji's fingers and gathered them on his palm like a bunch of leaves. He brought them to his face and kissed them lovingly. "I am not normal people."
Fuji enjoyed the feeling for a moment. "I know, and I am so much blessed by that fact."
"But why did you ask such question, dear one, beloved one?" said Kunimitsu. "Do you believe me not?"
Fuji raised his hand and touched Kunimitsu's right cheek with a smile on his face. "I do believe you, I do love you. But in this cruel world, there are only few people who can love me truthfully. They like me, they respect me, but it cannot erase their fear towards me."
Fuji shifted his position on Kunimitsu's lap and released a single desperate sigh.
"Do you know why I am all alone here?" he said.
"No, I don't," said Kunimitsu. "Do you intend of telling me?"
"I am the only son of a king who ruled this western part of The Outer World. My beloved mother passed away just after she had given birth of me, may God bless her soul. So from that time on, I live with my father alone. You might have heard of my father. People are addressed him as King Akutsu the Prime Justice. He is a strict man, but he loves me no less than you do to me
"Initially, my life was beautiful, but then I realised that people around me always looked at me with curious eyes. I started to think the reason why, and I found out that they were afraid of my eyes.
"That was just only the beginning. Soon after they found out about my love towards the sea, they became even more terrified. It was not such a strange. Every living creature who walks on this realm of The Outer World knows for sure that the sea is the farthest thing that you can fall in love with. And I think the color of my eyes and my rather strange feeling towards the sea are pretty much terrifying them."
Fuji looked up, "That's why I am all alone here. My father built this place for me so I can be together with the sea that I love so much. But still, no one ever dared to accompany me except for my two most loyal and brave guardians."
"But now you have me," Kunimitsu said. "I am not afraid of the sea, nor of you. I am in love with the sea as I love you."
Fuji gave the man a soft smile before he rose graciously to his feet again. The wind and the surf tormented his hair and feet. But he cared not. He looked afar to the sea that was so calm that day.
"Do you know," he said to Kunimitsu who also had stood up and taken his place back beside him. "I was named after The Sacred Pillar which holds the two worlds in place. My father said it was the first name that crossed his mind after he saw me opened my eyes."
"Fuji…" said Kunimitsu softly and Fuji found himself love the way his name sounded on the other's lips. "In my mother tongue, The Sacred Pillar was called Shusuke."
"Shusuke…" Fuji said as if he tasted something new. "That is a very beautiful name."
"Not as beautiful as you," said Kunimitsu. "Can I call you…Shusuke?"
Fuji laughed, that time he really laughed, not merely smiled or chuckled. "Yes, you can."
"Shusuke…" Kunimitsu said as he approached Fuji. The space between them was soon dissappeared and Fuji was caught on the other's arms. He could barely close his eyes before he felt Kunimitsu's lips were placed on his in a gentle kiss. "My beautiful Shusuke…"
Fuji broke the kiss, "And my precious Kunimitsu…"
Kunimitsu smiled. It was one of some rare moments in which Fuji caught him smiling. His smile that time was so bright. It made him believe that no one could ever stand a chance of not falling in love with Kunimitsu after having seen his smile.
"I shall be damned for kissing a Prince in the daylight," he said.
"I shall be condemned for letting myself be kissed in the daylight," Fuji said
"Do you not feel any regret of loving me, a stranger whom you found just a week ago, helpless on the beach?" said Kunimitsu in concern.
"Do I look like someone who has any regret?" Fuji said. "Besides, I do believe that you are really somebody. Your polite manners and gestures have shown me who you really are. You are a noble man, Sir Kunimitsu, which I can tell."
Kunimitsu didn't answer. He looked up to the sky and announced, "It's getting too hot now, would you mind if I escort you back to your cabin?"
Fuji let his hand to be held by Kunimitsu as he said, "How could I?"
They walked side by side, hand in hand to the castle. At first, they walked in silence then Kunimitsu broke it by speaking.
"You said back then that you did not have any regret because you believed I was a noble man," he said. "What if I am not?"
"I don't know," said Fuji. "But I love you not because you are a king or a knight or something like that. I love you because you are you. So I think maybe I will still love you even though you are the lowest grade of human being."
"But if I am not even a human, will you still love me?"
Fuji was startled by Kunimitsu's words. He just thought of asking him what was he really mean to say but he felt Kunimitsu's hold on his hand tightened as if to prevent him from asking.
They walked again in silence, though in Fuji's mind, there were so many unspoken questions.
Sir Kunimitsu, who was he? What was he…?
end chapter 2 –
(A/N : Well, there's the second chapter… Hope you like it
And feedback is really appreciated)