This story will be a Yaoi.
Yaoi means GUY with GUY!
Yuri means GIRL with GIRL!
And
Straight means GUY with GIRL! Or GIRL with GUY!
You have been Warned ! Now that we're all on the same wavelength here, let's start the story!
1) For thoughts 'insert thoughts'
2) Mind speech is written in italics
Disclaimer: I own not a thing, but when the time comes, I'll own my original characters. But, they aren't here yet.
Ch, 5: Forbidden Love
"Brother? What do you mean brother?" Gareas demanded from Erts. Erts glared up at him trying to pull Ernest back onto the bed.
"Don't just stand there! Help me, please!" Gareas nodded and helped Erts pick Ernest up and lie him down on the bed.
"Get him a rag!" Gareas demanded of Zero. Zero nodded quickly and ran out of the room to go get a cold rag to put on Ernest's forehead. Yu frowned and pushed Gareas out of the way.
"I knew this was a bad idea. I should of never let the prince play along with this."
"Prince?" Gareas's shouted in pure shock.
"Yes the prince!" Yu said death glaring Gareas and taking the rag from Zero when he returned and placing it on Ernest's forehead.
"Prince? Brother? What the hell?" Gareas demanded.
Erts frowned looking up from his brother to Gareas. He decided things needed to be settled right now, if not for everyone else, then his brother. He walked over to Gareas his eyes firmly locking the teen's own.
"Tell me right now Gareas. Do you love my brother?"
"Wh, what?"
"Do you love him?" The younger prince repeated. If he didn't there was no point in him driving his brother insane.
"….Well…I really-"
"If your feelings go only as far as liking. I want you to stay away from him."
"You are not in charge of what goes on," Gareas growled.
Erts sighed closing his eyes and straightened his posture. When he stood completely straight he was only about head shorter than Gar.
"I am Ernest's brother, Erts. Therefore I DO have a say in what you do and say. And one of the top things on my list, is to make sure you don't hurt my brother." Gareas stared at him eyes wide. Yu was of course standing besides Ernest, but glaring at Gareas as Erts talked.
Without another word Gareas walked out of the room Ernest was in and out into the hallway.
(X)
"Gar!" Zero ran after him down the hall. "GAR!" Gareas ignored him and walked outside. Zero quickly followed.
(X)
"Brother…." Erts frowned staring down at his brothers pale face. 'He's in shock. I don't know why…,but he's in a state of shock.' Clay sensing his boyfriends uneasiness walked over to him and wrapped his arms around him.
"It'll be okay. Your brother's going to be fine." Erts nodded leaning into Clay's touch. Yu looked up at Erts and Clay then frowning. Erts blushed and looked away from Yu's eyes. 'I don't want to face him right now. I just want brother to be okay…'
(X)
"It's a shame…" Gareas said slowly sitting up and pulling away from Ernest.
"Hmm?" Ernest asked turning around to look at him. Gareas got to his feet and dusted his pants off . Ernest slowly got to his feet as well. "What's a shame Gar?"
"That I can't stand you." Ernest's eyes widen at this.
"Wh, what?"
"You heard me." Gareas said smirking and folding his arms across his chest. "I can't stand you. I just wanted to see if I could actually make the prince of Bale fall as low as to proclaim his love to a commoner. I have no intentions of actually staying with you. You Ernest, make me sick. You're nothing, but a spoiled brat." Ernest took a small step back frowning.
"No….Gare-"
"Don't." Gareas said cutting him off. "You have no right to say my name!"
(X)
Ernest sat up sweating badly and looked around his room. His stomach did a small flip and he wrapped his arms around his legs seeing that his nightmare had come true. Gareas wasn't there anymore, and from the feelings he was getting from the air within the room he wasn't coming back, ever. Ernest let out a controlled breath and rested his head down on his knees. He'd do anything to feel Gareas's strong arms wrap around him again, but Ernest knew that wouldn't happen now. It wouldn't ever happen.
"Are you okay?" Ernest jumped at the voice and saw Yu sitting there in a chair. 'No…the voice it's not right…that's not Yu.' "Gar…gets out of hand a lot of the time." 'Zero…'
"Don't apologize for him. I was the one that was wrong. I should of told him…and now. I'll never be able to…" He closed his eyes tightly. It'd just been a game from the start right? All he had been doing was trying to teach Gareas a lesson for treating women like they were pieces of glass, but he'd fallen for the fool even so. 'Who am I kidding, I'm the fool.'
"I'll go talk to him." Zero said standing up. Ernest took note that Zero seemed a lot more mature than usual and was talking in a low calm voice instead of his normal loud and excited one. "If I don't come back…Gar wouldn't give in."
Ernest nodded slowly and Zero walked out of the room closing the door behind him. 'What's the point of waiting? I already know Gareas's answer.' Just as Ernest was climbing out of the bed Yu walked in.
"Are you alright my lord?" Yu asked worry for once clearly in his voice. Ernest smiled a bit at that looking at his real knight.
"Can we leave? Please? I already know Gareas's answer…I'd rather not stick around to not have anyone come back. You were completely right Yu, I'm sorry I put you through all that today, I was just having so much fun playing my game...but I have no right. We need to go on, let Gareas and Zero go back to their lives." Yu shrugged and motioned to the door..
"At once my lord. Would you like me to inform Prince Erts?" Yu asked.
Ernest thought for a moment trying to decide if that'd be a good idea or not. After a few minutes of running over the idea in his head he nodded.
"Yes….I'd like to talk to him at least one more time before leaving." Yu nodded and walked out of the room. Ernest this time actually being alone felt like crying. Alone and he felt awful, but he knew that Gareas would have found out sooner or later. Not to mention that Ernest had, had no right to play that trick on him anyway. 'It was a nice day though…I'm glad…that I had at small bit of happiness…at least for awhile.' Deciding now was as good as time as any he headed for the door of his room. He met with Erts in the hallway just as he was going to walk down the staircase.
"Ernest! I'm sorry! I didn't think he'd actuall-" Erts started, but Ernest shook his head.
"It's alright." Ernest said cutting him off and smiling. "If you think about it, I really had no right to lead him on like that. It's my fault and I will take my punishment as I should." Erts frowned at this hugging his brother tightly.
"Ernest…"
"It's fine...Yu and I are leaving now so don't worry. I promise not to tell anyone I ran into you...when Kizuna's older and can keep a secret, I'll let her know. She misses you a lot."
"Leaving?" Erts asked looking like Ernest had hith im.
"Yes…" Ernest pulled out of the hug slightly so he could look down at Erts. "Yu and I are going to Fletz…we have to explain to the people there what happened, and what's going on. There's a good chance that another war is starting, Ernest explained. Erts swallowed hard and nodded slightly.
"Ernest…do you think…it'd be okay, if Clay and I went with you? We've been spending a lot of time with Dart lately…,but if he's dead…" Erts voice trailed off and Ernest started down at him. The last thing he'd expected his brother to ask was if he could go with.
"Of course. You're my little brother no matter what. You can follow me to wherever you want, but I thought you were hiding from your family?" Ernest asked him. He still didn't quite understand why Erts had never returned to the castle and if Dart had known, but never told them, than his brother must be hiding.
"I am," Erts said with a smile. "I don't think the kingdom can really afford that right now though." With that he ran off down the stairs. Ernest followed him and they both met with Yu outside of the Inn who quickly agreed to Erts and Clay accompanying them.
"You will explain why you didn't come home right?" Ernest asked his little brother hopefully. "I can tell you anything you want in return...it'll be awhile before we make it to Fletz."
"Of course."
(X)
"You idiot! You loved being around Ernest! What does it matter if he's a boy or a girl? You really liked him!" Zero screamed at his green haired idiot friend who was currently walking out of Seles' and heading down the road back to Lohan.
"Because! He lied to me! And I'm not gay!"
"But you were happy! Don't think of it as being gay, think of it as being in love!"
"Just shut up Zero!"
"Gar…" Zero frowned watching his companion walk off leaving behind what may have been his one chance at happiness. Gareas had been nothing but depressed ever sense his girlfriend - soon to be wife- Leena Fujimura had died the year before. He of course, always acted happy, but Zero could tell through the guy's mask since they'd been friends for so long. A thought ran through Zero's head and almost made him cringe in disgust. ,but it made perfect sense. "Oh. I get it now Gareas." Gareas stopped and turned to Zero. He'd never heard that kind of a tone from Zero before.
"Get what?" Zero glared at him his voice going cold.
"You never wanted to be with Ernest! You wanted a girl to take Leena's place! And sense Ernest looks a lot like Leena, if he'd of just been a girl, it'd been the perfect replacement! Well get your head out of the clouds! Leena is dead and you just hurt the prince of Bale for it! Go back to Lohan! I hate people like you!" Zero ran off tears streaming down his face back towards the Seles' inn.
(X)
Gareas' eyes widen as he watched Zero run back into the village. 'Is that what I'm really doing?' Gareas asked himself frowning as Zero tripped, got right back up and kept running. 'Was I really trying to replace Ernest…with Leena?'
(X)
Just as Ernest and company were walking out of the inn Zero nearly slammed right into Erts, but Yu who was always good at watching over the princes grabbed Zero at the last second and threw him to the side. Zero groaned rubbing his head as he sat on the ground.
"Is this a habit of yours now Zero?" Erts asked staring down at his friend. Yu glared at Zero and left him on the ground.
"Thanks." Zero said sarcastically getting to his feet. Yu smirked at him saying nothing.
"What's wrong Zero?" Erts asked worriedly.
"I want to go with you guys," Zero said with a grin as he put his arms behind his head.
"What? Why?" Clay asked.
"Well…Gareas is being an asshole. Besides, I've known you two for years…and I've heard a lot about Ernest and Yu for awhile now from my dad... I want to go with you guys! I want to see the sights and go on the adventure!" Zero shouted dramatically.
"We're just going to Fletz," Ernest said, but that only made the boy's eyes light up and he got to his knees begging.
"I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO GO TO FLETZ! THAT PLACE IS SUPPOSED TO ROCK!" Everyone took a small step back then at Zero's outburst. Zero paid them no mind though just stared and waited.
Ernest smiled a bit and shrugged. What could he really do? The boy seemed so desperate he'd probably just follow them anyway and everyone knew it was safer to travel in groups rather than alone.
"I take it Gareas isn't coming then," Ernest said knowing well enough that he'd probably never see the man again.
"What about him?" Zero asked sounding annoyed.
"I mean, you can't just let him travel on his own," Ernest said. Even if he and Gareas were not on good terms he didn't want the guy to end up dead.
"Yes I can. Gar can take care of himself. I want to see the rest of the world. The only way I'm going to be able to do that, is if I go with you guys." Clay and Erts both sighed and looked up to Ernest. Ernest gave them another shrug, he couldn't see any way around it, denying someone something without a real reason was just not something Ernest liked to do.
"Alright. Come with us, but if anything happens to Gareas I'm going to hold it on you."
"Hey! Why me?" Zero demanded getting into Ernest's face as best he could being a lot shorter than Ernest. "It's Gareas fault for being a jerk, not mine! If he gets eaten by a monster than it's his fault for being mean! Not mine!" Zero screamed. Ernest rolled his eyes folding his arms across his chest.
"I still have feelings for Gareas, even if he hates me. If he dies…I would never forgive myself knowing it'd be my fault. And I'd never forgive you, because you could of went with him!" Ernest hit Zero aside the head and started walking. Erts started laughed at this and followed after him. Yu smirked at Zero seeing that the boy was finally going to be put in place and walked after the two princes. Clay sighed shaking his head at his low intelligent friend.
"You shouldn't make the prince mad." Clay said pushing his glasses up. "It would seem as though Prince Ernest has a bit of a split personality."
"More like a hidden urge to murder is more like it!" Zero said rubbing his head where a huge bump had appeared. Clay looked at it curiously.
"Interesting. The prince seems to have used some sort of round weapon to strike you against the head." Zero glared at him.
"Will everyone stop taking his side! He hit me after I stood up to him! He shouldn't hit me in the head!" Clay shrugged.
"Next time don't go talking bad about the person he wants to be with." Zero growled looking up and started after the others walking down the road. "Though I do agree Zero." Zero looked up at his friend.
"Really?" Clay nodded.
"Yeah. You really don't need to get hit in the head. You have enough brain damage as it is."
Zero's eyes widen with anger and he death glared Clay.
"WHAT?"
Clay laughed and started running down the path after the group.
"Hey! Don't throw rocks at me!" Clay screamed as Zero picked up rocks and threw them at him.
"I'll hit your head! Get back here!" Zero yelled running after him. All of a sudden someone grabbed Zero's arm jerking him to a sudden stop. Zero glared up at the figure that had grabbed him.
"Hey! What's the big idea!" He demanded until he noticed who it was that was holding him.
"Where are they going?"
"Why should I tell you? I thought you wanted to go live in fantasies and be with dead people," Zero spat.
Gareas's eyes flashed dangerously and he threw Zero onto the ground.
"I've had enough of your crap Zero. I know that if that's what I was doing it was wrong, but I'll never know unless I stick around and figure out my real feelings for him. So I'm going with whether you like it or not." Zero groaned getting to his feet.
"What a great trip this is going to be. I'll have you throwing me onto the ground and the prince hitting me aside the head! Why don't you people kill me already?"
"What's taking so long?" Yu demanded walking back over to where Zero and Gareas's were at. At seeing Gareas's his face transformed from emotionless to one of anger. "What are you doing here? You're supposed to be going back to Lohan."
Gareas glared at him.
"I can do anything I want." He said folding his arms across his chest. "I want to figure out if I really maybe do love the prince. Got a problem with that?"
"Yu, why is ever- Gareas?" Ernest was not sure what to say. He hadn't expected to see Gareas ever again, at least not any time soon. He felt like glaring, but what good would that do? He was the prince, he shouldn't have played the game rather treated his commoner subject with some respect as he did with all the other people he spoke with.
"Look…I'm sorry okay? I just…-" Gareas started, but Ernest interupptd him.
"Don't bother. I understand. We're both guys, it's not right," the prince said with a quick laugh. "You have my deepest apologies for dragging the masquerade on for so long, but I needed someone to talk to." This was the only way Ernest knew how to cope with this, revert back to talking to Gareas formally and acting as the situation really was, Gareas was nothing, but a common born womanizer and he was a royally born prince.
Gareas shook his head quickly.
"No. I…I can't explain it. Not now…not yet. I want to figure some things out…and once I do. I'll be able to give you an answer okay?"
Ernest nodded slowly hearing these words. 'A second chance?' Ernest thought to himself seeing Gareas walk over to him and wrap his arm around his waist. Instinctively Ernest leaned in to his touch and instead of pushing him away, Gareas moved his head over so Ernest could rest his head on his shoulder, which he did. They both walked off down the path that way after Clay and Erts. Gareas seemed to completely ignore Ernest's formal act, but that was alright, how could he possibly pass up a second chance with being with Gareas with no lies between them?
(X)
Yu shook his head.
"If your friend hurts him again, I will see to his death." Yu warned Zero walking off after the princes. At the moment he was wishing for Gareas' death for having hurt Ernest, but if the fool died now then Ernest would be hurting again.
Zero sighed throwing his hands up into the air.
"Why am I always the last one? Even when I'm the first, I end up being last!" Zero screamed out running after them.
The rest of the night went pretty uneventful. They made it to Fletz two mornings later. Gareas and Ernest and seemed to have drifted apart somewhat. Ernest was currently walking next to Yu and Erts trying to stay awake. Clay was next to Erts and then Zero leaving Gareas's being as far away from Ernest as he could be. Ernest had given up trying to figure out why Gareas had pulled away from him and had made sure everyone else was in between them. As they walked into the city of Fletz Ernest's energy had somehow returned. He remembered coming here when he was younger and all the good times he had, had. His whole family had been taught about astronomy and how to read the stars. Fletz was the city of the stars after all.
The whole city was made out of white brick with every house containing blue roof tops. There were two sides to the two with a small river running down the middle of it, one bridge set across the river in the middle of the city. On each side there were town shops and other such things as that. At the very end where both sides seemed to meet up, and the river went underground, laid the castle.
The castle was huge and also made all out of white brick also with a blue roof. The main base of the castle was large and square with two huge towers sitting on each side of the base. Both of these towers were used for astronomy.
"I always loved this place." Erts said leaning on Clay causing Clay to smile in return.
"Fletz no doubt has a lot of smart scholars here. I bet they could read anyone's future from the stars without a second thought. Being able to do that is so interesting," Clay said making Erts giggle. Zero suddenly popped up behind them and grabbed both of there shoulders jumping up.
"You bet it is! We need to go find the guy in charge of reading the stars and have him tell us where we're going! Then we can head to our next adventure!" Both Erts and Clay looked at Zero like he was nuts.
"Didn't you listen? We're just telling the kingdom that the king was murdered-"
"Murdered?" Everyone jumped turning around and looking to the man that had spoken.
"YOU!" Ernest said death glaring Hiead. "What are you doing here?" Hiead smirked staring at all of them.
"Getting quit a group there. I doubt you'll be welcome here. Heh. May want to take cover." Hiead started walking off and before anyone could do anything, Erts, Zero, and Clay grabbed Gareas while Yu was holding back Ernest from going after him.
(X)
Hiead cursed himself for walking over to them. For some reason, he'd been drawn towards there group, but he wasn't sure why. Something had just made him go over there, and want to bother them a bit. He knew that he'd be seeing them a lot, he'd already has his stars read, and of course, the reader had not been to happy with what he found out. 'Though he won't have to worry much about that anymore anyway.' Hiead thought smirking the image of the man lying in his own pool of blood flashing in his mind.
(X)
Zero sighed walking with them. He'd really wanted to go after Hiead, but of course, he had, had to hold Gareas back. Following Erts and Ernest they went to a house that had a huge Telescope sticking out of the roof.
"This is Fester's house." Ernest said smiling and knocking on the door. "He is by far, one of the best astrologers I've ever met." Erts nodded in agreement.
"Yes, he predicted a lot of things," the younger prince agreed.
"If father would have listened, than you'd of never ran off. , But then you'd of never found Clay…so I guess I'm glad he didn't."
"I get what you mean," Erts said laughing slightly.
"Yeah…" Clay smiled holding Erts close. There was some noise from inside the house and a man in a long gray robe with gray hair opened it looking quite pale. His expression turned to one of relief seeing both Ernest and Erts.
"By the stars, I cannot believe you two are here!" He yelled hugging them both. "From what I read, you should both be dead!" He exclaimed hugging them still.
"We're very much alive, thank you." Ernest said somewhat nervously as he and his brother returned the hug. Fester pulled away quickly looking very pale again.
"I'm sorry that you have come at such a bad time." Ernest frowned then hearing this news. The last thing they needed was for more of their family members to have been murdered.
"Such a bad time?" He asked. Fester nodded slowly.
"Yes…you see, my assistant has been found dead. He was giving a prediction to a silver haired boy an-"
"Hiead!" Both Gareas and Ernest screamed out at the same time. Fester looked at them and nodded.
"Yes. He seemed…to not exactly like the prediction he got. So instead of just taking it or going off to get drunk, he killed my assistant." Zero frowned and seemed to stay quiet for the rest of the time as Fester explained everything that happened. Gareas and Ernest listened eagerly since they wanted to kill Hiead and if he had any weak spots, they wanted to know about it. After a good two hour talk Fester stretched out a bit, his story finally complete. "And that's when he walked out of the house."
Gareas nodded.
"Okay then." Gareas said smirking. "Now we figure out what his horoscope was and now we hit him where it hurts!" Fester frowned.
"I'm sorry, but I don't have the power to talk to the dead. I am no necromancer." Fester said saying the word "Necromancer" rudely like it was some sort of a sin.
"What's a ne-" Erts put his hand over Zero's mouth.
"I'll tell you later," Erts whispered and Zero raised an eyebrow curiously and nodded a okay. Fester sighed again and looked to his huge telescope.
"Allow me to get my mind off things. I wish to tell all of you your fortunes. Perhaps after..."
"Alright." Ernest said smiling brightly. He already knew that Fester was only at ease when he was reading the stars so why not allow the old man some peace? He held his hand out to him and the astronomer took it.
"I'll start with you, then go with Erts, then his lover, then the green haired fool-"
"HEY!"
"Then move on to Zero."
"How'd you know my name?" Zero asked in awe at the man.
"I can read the stars. I know who you all are. I'm afraid I haven't been able to read the stars as of late though. I have been very busy and with the death of king Zior things have been in complete chaos."
"So my grandfather is really dead then?" Ernest asked quietly, Erts grabbed onto his arm. He'd had a sinking feeling that the rest of his family was being taken from his world, he'd just hoped that the others had somehow escaped to Fletz.
"I'm afraid so." Fester said nodding to the door. "Shall we?" Ernest nodded.
(X)
"Yes." They both walked outside into the night. The minute the door was shut Gareas started glaring at the door.
"Who does he think he is?"
"Jealous?" Zero asked with a smirk.
"No offense, but that's kind of sick Gareas. Prince Ernest would not be with someone twice his age." Clay said once again pushing his glasses up with his index finger. Gareas glared at him and then turned back to the door.
"I meant that guy Hiead. I saw the look he gave Ernest."
"The look he gave him?" Zero asked raising an eyebrow. "He smirked at us, looked at me, then back to you and Ernest then to Yu then to me and then left."
"ERNEST IS MINE!" Gareas screamed out death glaring zero. "NOT HIS!"
"GET OUT OF MY FACE! AND SINCE WHEN DID YOU WANT TO BE WITH ERNEST THAT BADLY ANYWAY? I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T WANT TO BE WITH HIM! YOU EVEN WENT OUT OF YOUR WAY TO PUSH HIM AWAY FROM YOU!" Zero screamed back at his friend.
"SHUT THE HELL UP ZERO! I DECIDED JUST A FE MINUTES AGO!"
"YOU IDIOT!"
"STOP FIGHTING!" Erts screamed getting both of the two boy's attention. "Just stop…Gareas you better think about this. My brother is still hurting pretty badly, because of the stunt you pulled. If you hurt him again, I will allow Yu to kill you." Yu smirked at Gareas hearing this and Erts won a death glare from Gareas.
"Look. Jus-"
"Will all of you stop it? I'm trying to look at the stars here, and you're screaming is driving me nuts!" Clay yelled at them never taking his eyes away from the telescope.
"Sorry." Erts said truly sorry for disturbing his boyfriend.
"It's alright, just the rest of you. Shut up."
"Don't tell me what to do!" Zero yelled back at him.
"Zero, give it a rest," Erts said glaring at him.
(X)
"They like to fight a lot don't they?" Fester said with a small chuckle hearing all the yelling and screaming coming from inside. "And it seems like you're the favorite subject to fight about as well." Ernest nodded smiling nervously and sweat dropped a bit.
"It never ends," he admitted. Fester laughed at this and looked up at the stars.
"You have feelings for the green fool in there?" Fester asked. Ernest laughed a bit and nodded.
"Yes, his name is Gareas."
"Yes well, everyone else seems to call him something else."
"He's stubborn," Ernest agreed.
"And rude. Let's see…now. You've acquired a object of great strength after your father's death. He left you something."
"Yes." Ernest answered smiling.
"This power, it will help you obtain the goal you have in mind." 'Wonder which goal he means..' Ernest thought with a small smile. "Also. This city, it will become a important thing to you, more so than it is now." Ernest smiled hearing that. "The stars refuse to tell me anymore." Ernest nodded.
"It's alright. You can go on with Erts now." Ernest walked inside.
(Two readings later)
"Welcome green haired fool," the astronomer said pleasantly.
Gareas glared at the old man they had just met that day and was already calling him names. This guy had no right, at least the others did.
"Would you stop calling me that?"
"Only when you stop acting like one." Fester said laughing and looked up into the sky. "You're on a mission. You actually have more than one, and you're very confused. You cannot tell if your feelings are true or not. Nor can you discover the reason for why you want to keep going on in life after you've lost everything. All of these answers will come to you. I do have some advice for you though, man to man Gareas." Fester looked away from the stars and turned to Gareas a serious look on his face. "If you believe you truly want to be with Ernest. If you desire to be his lover. Tomorrow, go with your instincts while here in this city. Follow your heart rather than your mind. And things will turn out just the way they're supposed to." Gareas nodded slowly and walked back into the house.
A few minutes later Zero walked out. Before he could say anything though Fester said one thing to him.
"The person you are thinking about, will become both your enemy, and your friend." With that Fester walked right back into the house. Zero just stared at him.
"Hey! I want my reading! Don't leave me out of this! GET BACK HERE!" Zero ran after Fester into his house.
"Nope, your time is up. I gave you what you needed."
"GAVE ME WHAT I NEEDED? YOU BARELY TALKED TO ME!" zero shouted at the old man.
"And that's just what you needed."
"Tell me!" Zero demanded. The rest of the night insured lots of fighting and Zero being ignored.
By morning things had settled down and Ernest had decided -even after seeing Hiead around- to go off on his own and have a look around. This was his mother's home town after all. He'd spent many of his summers in this place, he knew what to avoid. Smiling he walked down the long white roads looking around at all the people. No one seemed to recognize him since it'd been awhile since the last time time he'd been there and for the first time in his life, he was able to walk around freely without the people jumping at him and asking for blessings and other such things. At some point Ernest found a store he fell in love with. He walked into it without a second thought and started looking around. He'd always loved this store, even as a young child because of all the shiny objects in it. 'I still can't believe my favorite shop, is the jewelry shop...but at least it's still here!' Ernest thought mentally laughing as he walked in.
He started looking around at all the different jewelry. Most of it was of course stars made of all different kinds of gems and colors.
"They all look so beautiful." He said trying to take it all in when his eyes fell on a barrel full of good luck star gems.
"You really like them?" Ernest jumped and turned around standing face to face with Gareas. He wasn't sure who he was expecting, but he let out a sigh of relief when he saw it was merely Gareas and not some weirdo.
"Warn me when I have my shield up! I didn't know you were there." He said doing his best to calm himself down. Even if he was the fool who'd left of his own free will, there was a murderous winglie after him for the moon sphere in his body.
"Sorry." Gareas said laughing a bit as he looked around at the store. "This place is kind of cool. I mean I've never seen this many stars made out of gemstones in my life. And that's saying something since I live in Lohan." Ernest smiled at that and nodded looking again at the whole store before letting his eyes settle back onto Gareas.
"Fletz is the city of stars. It's one of the most beautiful cities around. Though I have to admit, I'm a big Donau fan as well."
"Donau?" Gareas asked curiously.
"Don't worry about it. We're not going there." Ernest started for the door, but before he could walk out Gareas grabbed his elbow.
"Hey, wait a minute." Ernest stopped and looked at Gareas questioningly. Gareas just smiled and walked over to the store owner. He came back a few minutes later and before Ernest could say anything put a necklace with a sapphire star pendant on him.
"Gar…thank you!" Ernest turned around and hugged him. It wasn't that Ernest couldn't afford it, heck he probably could have just told the shop owner who he was and gotten it for free, but the fact that Gareas had bought him a gift. Gareas smiled returning the hug.
"You're welcome. I figured you'd like it."
"I love it!" A few people smiled at this probably thinking Ernest was once again a girl receiving a gift from her boyfriend. 'I'm going to have to change my clothes.' Ernest thought to himself with a laugh. He hugged Gareas tighter and then pulled back. "Thank you so much." Gareas nodded and kissed Ernest on the cheek.
"Fester wanted me to come and get you anyway. He wants us back at his house to tell us something. The prince nodded and they both walked out of the store Gareas's arm once again wrapped around Ernest's waist.
'This is so confusing….' Ernest thought to himself. 'One minute he wants to be with me…the next it's like he doesn't even want me near him.' Gareas pulled Ernest closer and they walked over the bridge getting a few more "Awws" and "How cute" From the people also crossing the bridge.
(X)
'Fester told me to go with my instincts…..does that mean Ernest and I are destined to be together…? Right now…I sure hope so.' Gareas thought to himself as they made there way over to Fester's house. At the moment he couldn't think of ever being without the prince.
(TBC)
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