Yamato's bright blue eyes were enjoying the view of nature as he leaned forwards onto one of the railings placed on the castle wall. He loved the nature of their kingdom, it was so calm yet colorful.
He smiled as he closed his eyes, letting the smell of the flowers and the slight breeze thought his blonde hair distract him, enjoying every moment of it. That is until….
"Yamato!" A cheerful voice called out his name, Yamato opened his eyes and looked over his shoulder seeing no one other then Taichi running towards him with a big grin on his face and a piece of paper in his hand. He rolled his eyes as the brown haired male stopped behind him panting as he proudly held up said white paper. "Look what I have!" he said enthusiastically. Yamato slowly lifted his hand and took the paper from Taichi before studying it patiently, realizing what exactly he was holding in his hand. His eyes lit up as he turned towards his best friend "Taichi this is amazing! You passed your Archery test! Congratulations!" Taichi's smile grew bigger at the praising words of his best friend before he took the paper back and folded it nicely back into his pocket "I am now allowed to teach others the techniques I know, isn't that amazing Yamato? Now I can teach you how to use the bow!" he placed his hands on the young prince his shoulders and Yamato froze.
This was all too familiar, the whole situation felt like a déjà vu. Taichi seemed unaffected by the reaction of the prince as he enthusiastically continued. "With double weapon you become even stronger!" he almost yelled out. Yamato was not paying attention to his friend at all, as he saw his dream become reality in front of his eyes. Shit… he swallowed as he looked at his friend, knowing the reply he gave in the dream but refusing to say that out loud this time. He hesitated "Y-yes I am aware of that, that's why the king asked you to do the test right? So you can teach me" Yamato felt his hands starting to get sweaty as he desperately tried to not let his go in any way his dream went. Taichi looked up at his best friend before nodding "Of course! I'd love to teach you all about it" he then noticed the uncomfortable aura of the prince, his smile fading of his face "Yamato, what's wrong? I expected you to be a little more enthusiastic" he looked deep into the bright blue eyes wondering why his best friend suddenly became so uncomfortable.
Yamato stared right back into dark brown eyes and almost lost it, he quickly shook his head before forcing a smile upon his face "Nothing is wrong Taichi, I think I am just a little tired" He paused "But I am looking forward to you teaching me for sure" he added before turning his gaze away from those beautiful dark brown eyes. Taichi wasn't buying the prince his avoiding behavior and spoke up "Yamato, I'm your best friend I know when something is up with you, now stop being stubborn and tell me what's going on" he grabbed the prince his shoulders, forcing his bright blue eyes to look into dark brown ones. It was the last drop, Yamato lost it, dream or no dream he needed to feel his lips on the soft looking ones of his friend. He hesitated before slowly leaning in as he closed his eyes.
Taichi's eyes widened as he saw something in his best friends eyes, lust he thought before the beautiful bright blue eyes closed and he saw the face of his best friend moving in closer. What is Yamato doing!? Taichi felt a strange feeling in his body and he felt heat rising towards his cheeks, his thoughts went back to the dream and realization he had earlier that day. I like Yamato… He panicked slightly. He saw the face of the blonde prince come closer as he closed his own brown eyes Does Yamato feel the same? Does Yamato like me the same way as I like him? His mind went crazy and all he could do was waiting for the feeling of warm lips against his.
The big wooden door of the castle slowly opened as the king stepped through it. Slightly blinded by the sunlight he saw 2 figures standing close to the railing. He lifted his arm and held his hand above his eyes as a shield for the sun. "Yamato is that you my son?" the king said still trying to adjust to the bright sunlight.
He could feel the breath of his best friend on his lips, feeling the heat rise inside of him. So close he thought before he got snapped out of his thoughts at the sound of a heavy wooden door opening. His bright blue eyes were wide with shock as he realized what he was about to do. He heard his name being called and quickly stepped backwards trying to calm his nerves before speaking to the king "Yes father it's me" Yamato replied to the king as he made a quick bow. Noticing how the king was adjusting to the bright sunlight he let out a relieved sigh. Thank god he didn't see that he thought. He didn't dare to look at his best friend and instead looked at his father approaching instead.
Taichi felt the warm breath leave his lips and opened his eyes to see a very shocked Yamato staring at the door. He followed Yamato his stare and saw the king standing in the doorway, his hand above his eyes to shield them from the sun. well shit… Taichi swallowed I hope he didn't see that. He looked at Yamato who was now making a bow towards his father, trying his best to avoid looking at his best friend. Taichi felt even more confused about all of this than he was moments ago, but decided to followed his friends example as he made a deep bow for the king.
Finally adjusted to the bright sunlight the king smiled at the two males in front of him. "Ahh Yamato, I see that Taichi already told you the good news?" he asked his eldest son before dropping his hand. Yamato nodded "Yes father, he showed me the test results" Taichi suddenly remembered what he was here for in the first place and remembered the painfully hard test he had to succeed only a few hours ago. He smiled at the thought of passing it the first try. The king let out a soft laugh "Then what are you two waiting for? Start training" He said as he looked at his eldest son "Find yourself a good place first, Takeru has the training hall for a while so you two will have to find your own place to practice" both Yamato and Taichi nodded as the king turned around. Yamato finally dared to look at his best friend but immediately felt a blush sneak its way onto his cheeks. "Ohh and guys" The king said looking over his shoulder before continuing "No fooling around, this is a serious training" and with that the king turned his head back and walked through the big wooden doors as they closed behind him. Leaving the two friends alone once more.
Taichi let out a sigh that he had held in for a while now as he looked at his best friend, the best friend that he almost kissed just a few minutes ago. "Yamato…" he started wanting to get out of this uncomfortable situation but he was interrupted by the blonde prince "You heard my father, let's find a place to start the training" he coldly said. Taichi felt a sting in his heart as he slowly gave a nod before following his best friend. After what happened just a few minutes earlier he finally realized what he had probably knew all along… I'm in love with Yamato….
The two continued their walk in silence, Yamato leading the way as Taichi quietly walked after the young prince. They followed a grass path with a few lost stones in it that lead to what appeared to be a forest. Yamato knew where he was heading, the hidden garden. It was a place he knew was so well hidden that no one would ever find them there. He continued walking through the forest as his mind went back to earlier and a thought haunted him, he almost kissed Taichi… A small blush appeared on his cheek as he remembered the hot breath on his lips, so close he could almost taste his lips…almost.. His father sure had a bad timing, or should he say good? Yamato didn't knew if he should be happy his father interfered or was disappointed. What exactly do I want… he thought as he slowly pushed away some branches with his hand, making sure they didn't snap back into the face of his best friend.
Doing so forced him to look at said best friend and he felt his heart sink at the sight he saw. The normally cheerful Taichi was now walking with his head down, his body tense and clearly he was upset. Once Taichi passed the branch he slowly let it snap back before taking the lead again turning his back to his best friend once again. Yamato let out a sigh, he really wanted to kiss Taichi when they were standing there upon the castle wall. He wanted so badly to feel him close. He closed his eyes for a split second before opening them again, suddenly realizing something he might have known for some time now… I'm in love with Taichi….
Taichi looked up and noticed they had arrived at some kind of hidden garden. The place was absolutely breathtaking, it had colorful flowers everywhere, big green trees that surrounded the whole place and a beautiful and clear lake in the middle where lily pads floated peacefully on the clear water. There were stone ruins spread out over the hidden garden and a small gazebo that had a lovely view over the small lake. Small beams of sunlight peeked their way through the leafs of the trees and Taichi swore he never seen a place as beautiful as this.
He was so distracted by the surroundings that he did not notice a pale hand that was laid carefully on his shoulder. Yamato moved closer towards his best friend as he spoke in a calm and quiet voice "You think this will do for practice?" Taichi only now realized that Yamato had come closer to him and was speaking close to his ear, he felt his cheeks heating up as he turned around and dark brown eyes met bright blue ones. Taichi nodded before suddenly he was at a loss for words and found himself lost in deep blue eyes, it was Yamato who broke the silence "Want to start the training then?" he asked pointing towards the targets that were laying unused in the grass "of course I have to put them up but that will be done in no time" he spoke before walking towards the targets, picking them up and looking at his best friend. Taichi finally regained his ability to speak "Yeah sure, let's put them up" he replied as he made his way over towards the young prince. Yamato smiled as Taichi neared him and with some of his help the young prince managed to set up all targets in record time.
After some time preparing for the training, both males were now standing in front of a target, Bow in one hand and a arrow in the other. Yamato clumsily tried to line the arrow up with the bow but failed multiple times. Taichi chuckled at his best friend "Yamato, you are doing it wrong" He said as he smiled at him. Yamato glared at him still wrestling with the bow and arrow before giving up, he turned to Taichi "How do I do this then?" he said somewhat annoyed. Taichi smirked as he walked up to his friend, his own bow still in his hand. He stood next to him
"Look, hold your bow like this" he said as he held the bow in front of him with one hand. "And Stand upright with your feet shoulder width apart, and feet at 90 degrees to the target". Yamato copied him perfectly "Like this?" he said and Taichi nodded. "Yes, now grab the arrow and place it with its back end against the string like this and then Position your fingers on the string with the index finger above the arrow and two fingers below" he said as he put the arrow in its place. Yamato copied the action and realized it actually stayed in place way better than before. He looked at his friend "What now?" he curiously asked. Taichi slowly pulled the arrow including the string backwards "Pull the string backwards while holding the back of the arrow and use your dominant eye to look down the arrow and align it with the target."
Yamato did as he was told and aimed the arrow at the target in front of him. Taichi spoke again "Now relax your grip on the string and allow your fingers to slip backward" In a flash Taichi's arrow was gone from his bow and stood proudly in the bulls eye of the target. He looked at Yamato and just as he let his fingers slip back he made eye contact with Taichi. Shit… he thought before losing all of his concentration feeling the arrow scrape his finger as it was released, completely missing the target.
Yamato dropped his bow immediately and grabbed the wounded finger with his other hand "Ouch!" he groaned. Taichi's eyes went wide at the sight of his best friend in pain and he quickly dropped his own bow before focusing all his attention to the groaning Yamato. "Ohh god Yamato I am so sorry! Let me see please?" Taichi asked as he slowly placed his own hand over the prince his closed one. Yamato let out another groan and Taichi's eyes widened this felt oddly familiar…. As if he had experienced this before
He slowly opened Yamato's hand so he could take a look at his injured finger. Taichi let out a deep sigh, luckily it was just a small bruise on his finger where the arrow had slide past. He took the injured hand and examined the finger closely."Damn you have to be more careful, you are lucky its only a scratch" he said. And that's when it hit him… THE DREAM! He started to panic, no no no no This can't be happening now! In his panic he didn't realize that he had dropped the prince his hands and was now standing up straight with his hands in his hair.
Yamato looked confused at his best friends reaction "it's not that bad is it?" he asked. Taichi snapped out of his panic and looked at his best friend, bright blue met dark brown and suddenly Taichi found himself standing in front of Yamato, holding his hands and staring into his eyes deeply. He swallowed "n-no it's not bad at all, don't worry about it, it will heal quick"
Yamato looked confused at his friend, what was going on with Taichi? He thought. He was acting very weird all of a sudden. Before he could let his mind wander he realized he was staring into dark brown eyes and said eyes were staring back at him with an intense aura of..lust?, Yamato's eyes widened as he remembered their moment from before on the castle wall, is it finally going to happen?
Taichi immediately regretted looking into his friends bright blue eyes and he was no longer able to look away from them. He stared back into his best friends eyes as he thought about the moment they had shared earlier on the wall and of course his dream. A light blush appeared on his cheeks as he remembered his dream and how it was now becoming a reality all of a sudden. Is it finally going to happen?
Their faces slowly moved towards each other, brown and blue eyes closed as they leaned in more, feeling the other's breath on their lips.
Was it finally happening?
A/N: CLIFFHANGER! I am so not sorry for this -chuckles-. I am having struggles with writing at this moment. I am trying my best but i am not sure if i can keep up the 'upload every week' thing. I will still be uploading new chapters i am just not sure if it will be every week. Thank you all for reading! -Daniel
