LONELY IN GORGEOUS by Alyssa in Wonderland
I: A Tale of Love
"Ah! Hot!" Tohru yelped in pain.
She stood up abruptly blowing slowly on her throbbing hands. "Here you go, Tohru." Shigure said handing the girl with a towel to wipe her hands with. However, before she could, Yuki grabbed it from her.
"I'll do it, come with me and we'll wash it down with some cool water." He said softly. Tohru nodded and followed the man into the kitchen. Shigure watched and followed as well, making sure he was far behind.
In the kitchen, Yuki turned the faucet on and gently put Tohru's hands as well as his underneath the cool running water. Tohru winced slightly and seeing this Yuki said, "This way, it won't have the possibility of giving you a burnt mark."
"A-Alright…" She replied looking at Yuki who looked at his and her hands.
He had a solemn look on his face as pieces of his silver hair fell ever so slightly to frame his face. He looks like a picture…I want to touch him to see if he's really here…
"I bet all the women in the hospital abroad fell for you." Tohru said all of a sudden.
Yuki turned his focus on his "patient's" face and grinned. "That was quite a problem, but thank goodness my patients were kids."
"Kids?"
"Yes, I worked at Texas' Children's Hospital. They're all quite lively even if they're gravely sick." Yuki said with a smile and continued, "They're brave children."
Unlike me, Yuki thought.
"Sounds like you miss them already." Tohru stated.
Yuki turned off the faucet and with the towel, gently patted Tohru's hands dry. Yuki looked at her, "Not as much as I missed being here with you." He admitted.
Tohru stared at the Prince in front of her, her mouth slightly open, her cheeks warming, and her heart beating once again. There were familiar butterflies in her stomach fluttering about and a sudden weakness in her knees.
Yuki felt the heat rush to his cheeks. Why did he say that?
"Sorry," Yuki apologized, "Did I startle you?" He asked and laughed lightly.
"Y-Yuki! Don't do that!" Tohru said taking her hands away from Yuki.
"I couldn't help it, Tohru. It fit the mood, yes?" Yuki asked.
"I really do think the women in the hospital fell for you, Yuki!" Tohru laughed.
The only one I wish to fall for me was you…Yuki thought and smiled painfully along Tohru.
Shigure watched the two. The tension seemed to have eased away, however, it was still there. Humming to himself, he made his way to the living room and called Kazuma, Yuki and Kyo's Master.
The snow had begun to dance violently into a blizzard…
Shigure Writes
…And so it begins. A tale of love and of loss…
I tell you this now: love can be the most beautiful and tragic thing in the world. I have witnessed it and thus I write to you, my dear readers. This story takes place in real life—the kind that inspires fairytales. It is happy, it is sad, it is surprising, it is expected—it is love. This is love in ink. This is love on paper.
However…
As I write this, I find it difficult to describe, this "love" I have witnessed. Who knows the joy or the pain they have felt?
I begin this tale with a young gorgeous man, who one day came home…
End of Three
Author's Notes: If you noticed the chapters, the first two chapters are prologues. I wrote them in order for you guys to know how much Yuki and Tohru have changed over the years, and yet stayed the same. From now on, this will be written in a third person point of view, Shigure's, of course. I hope you guys enjoy this; this chapter officially begins the story! Thank you and sorry for such a short chapter!