Hi everyone! In this chapter we have Yuu and Mika meeting for the first time.
Chapter 2
First Meeting
Riding through the woods on Asuramaru made Yuu feel like he had some of his freedom back as he makes his way to a certain clearing. Soon he arrives at his destination, looking out into a beautiful clear view of a field with a beautiful waterfall in the background. Set before him are two gravestones. Dismounting Asuramaru so his companion could graze his favorite treats, Yuu approaches the gravestones, the one on his right having the name Angelique, under her name the stone read "Beloved wife, loving mother" while the one on his left read Frnos, "Devoted father". These were his parents' graves and this area is special for it is the very same place Frnos and Angelique first met.
Kneeling in front of both graves, Yuu brings his hands together and closes his eyes as he prays to his departed parents. "Mother, father, I miss you two dearly. All this time of going through the hardships that Mahiru has been giving me, I've held onto the hope that someday my dreams will come true."
Then the raven teen thought about a song his mother once sang to him a long time ago. "After all…"
A dream is a wish
Your heart makes
When you're fast asleep
As Yuu sings, the many animals that live in this part of the woods wake up to the sound of his beautiful singing voice. As the birds and a few animals gather around to hear him, Yuu continues to sing.
In dreams you will lose
Your heartaches
A few birds even started to tweet and chirp along with the song.
Whatever you wish for
You keep
Have faith
In your dreams
And someday
Your rainbow
will come smiling through
No matter how
your heart is grieving
If you keep on believing
The dream that you wish
Will come true
Unknown to Yuu, somewhere in the woods, a certain prince with wavy shoulder length hair, blue cerulean eyes, wearing a light blue tunic with white pants, dark blue sleeves, white gloves, black boots, and a white cape, has been out for his morning ride when he hears someone singing. The voice had him in a trance so the prince followed the voice to the very clearing that Yuu had gone to, watching him kneel in front of two gravestones, singing to those that are buried here.
In a very good mood as the birds start to make a tune to go with his song, Yuu stands, causing the observing prince to duck behind a tree to still watch him without being spotted. "No matter who orders me around, Mahiru or even the king, they could never order me to stop dreaming. Then perhaps someday…"
The dreams that I wish
Will come true
Now humming to himself, Yuu then dances around the clearing, expertly weaving around his parents' graves, just dancing freely. Now watching him dance, the prince is entranced of how he moves in the sunlight, the small beads of sweat forming on his tan skin make him shimmer like a diamond at each angel. Soon the woodland animals would join the raven teen in a dance.
Soon the boy starts to slow down his dancing as he sings once more.
No matter how
your heart is grieving
If you keep on believing
The dream that you wish
Will come true
Once Yuu had finished singing and ceased his dancing as he gazes up at the endless sky, Asuramaru came out from the trees and set his noble head on his shoulder, causing Yuu to stroke his head.
Keeping watch on the boy before him, the prince is in total awe that he almost missed his mare as she seems to want to be closer to the stallion. Quickly grabbing at her reins, the prince whispers, "No, Krul."
But it was too late to stop her, for Yuu had noticed the pink mare before setting his eyes on the prince. At the moment their gazes were locked, both stood frozen in time as they stare at each other. Yuu is just amazed of how the blonde before him appears to be so handsome, thinking that no wonder many young girls in the kingdom would fawn over him. Now that he is finally able to see his eyes, the prince feels that he could lose himself in those deep emerald green orbs.
Soon curiosity gets the best of Yuu as he is the first to break their trance, "Where did you come from, Your Highness?"
His words snapping him out of the trance, Mikaela straightens up as he keeps a firm grip on his horse's reins. "Forgive me for intruding. I was out for my morning ride when I heard you singing and I just saw how you danced, everything you did is so beautiful."
His compliments caused Yuu's cheek to turn pink. "Thank you, Your Highness."
Then Mika finally releases the reins and Krul then approaches Asuramaru as he approaches Yuu. "Could you tell me your name? And could you call me by my name? I prefer not to use formalities."
"I'm Yuichiro, everyone calls me Yuu. Is it really ok for me to use your name so freely?"
Mika just nods. "So tell me, Yuu, what brings you here?"
"I come here to visit my parents' graves." Yuu then points to the gravestones.
Taking a close look at the graves, Mika reads the names when he all of a sudden felt a sense of familiarity. "Yuu, I knew your mother once."
To hear that he knew his mother surprised Yuu. "How do you know my mother?"
"She was a very close friend of my mother's. Sometimes she would visit my mother and she would tell me a lot about you. She's always wanted us to meet." Mika says as he faces Yuu who kneels beside him.
"Mother did once tell me that she wanted me to meet someone. But sadly she had died before that day ever came." Yuu adds as he thought about the time she had gotten really sick and passed away a couple days after.
Then Mika himself felt saddened at the memory of hearing Lady Angelique's passing. But Mika quickly changes the subject to cheer up Yuu. "Lady Angelique was a wonderful woman and she had a great life with Lord Frnos and you."
Looking back at the prince, Yuu gives him a smile and Mika returned the smile. "Thanks, Mika."
For a while after that, the two had sat at the edge of the lake, listening to the waterfall and sharing a few conversations. After they had talked about their steeds after noticing the way the black stallion and pink mare are behaving with each other, thinking that they are siblings, Yuu decides to be playful and starts to tickle Mika at his sides. At first he tries to hold back and stop Yuu, but the raven just continues to tickle him with Mika letting out the laughs he tried to contain but couldn't hold them in.
Then the blonde prince starts to fight back at tickling Yuu wherever he could reach, causing Yuu to stop tickling Mika as he himself attempts to stop him. Once he managed to push him away, Yuu makes a run for it into the lake, Mika chasing after him. Seeing the blonde is still after him, Yuu splashes some water at Mika, who in turn splashed back. After a bit of a splashing war, Yuu slips backwards and Mika falls right on top of him, both then start to burst into laughter.
After a while, the laughing fits died down as both Yuu and Mika are once again speechless as they lose themselves in each other's eyes. Just gazing into their eyes they both could feel their hearts begin to beat tenderly in their chests. This may have been their first meeting, yet both teens feel drawn to each other.
Breaking out of their trance, Mika first gets off of Yuu and helps him up to his feet. The two just step out of the lake when they hear a voice, "Prince Mikaela!" Very soon a man with short black hair, purple eyes, wearing a red tunic over grey pants and black boots upon a violet mare appears in the clearing. "There you are, Your Highness. Your father wishes to speak with you."
"Very well, Guren." Mika nods in understanding. Once mounted on Krul, Mika turns his attention back to Yuu. "Sorry I have to take off like this."
"Don't worry, your father has summoned you." Yuu nods in understanding.
"It was wonderful to finally meet you. I hope we can see each other again."
"Likewise. Hopefully it'll be sooner rather than later."
Mika nods at the idea, also hoping they can see each other soon. With that he leads Krul over to Guren and the two take off through the woods back to the castle.
Once they are out of sight, Yuu then mounts Asuramaru and starts to head back home.
