Both a little scared,

Neither one prepared.

Beauty and the Beast.

Prompt: The Unblossomed Flower. I finally thought of one for this topic, sorry it won't be Romantica as it doesn't really fit them.

Hiroki was waiting for Nowaki to get home. Not that he'd ever admit to it. He was slightly worried though.

Nowaki said that he would be home by seven. It was now eight thirty. The younger man was hardly around anymore. He came home late and even then, he would hardly say a word to his lover. And it was driving Hiroki insane!

'He's probably talking to some pretty woman! I'll bet she's perfect and smart and loving and-uurrrgghh!' Right now Hiroki was mad. He had gone to the hospital earier to give Nowaki his bag when he caught him laughing with another woman. He was smiling and laughing at her while she just flirted away with him. When they both noticed Hiroki, the woman quickly ran away and left the two to argue.

'Nowaki is to good looking for his own good! Woman practically throw themseleves at him! I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't flirt with them behind my back!'

The professor stopped. What stopped him from flirting? Nowaki was kind, and sweet, and beautiful. There was no way that Hiroki was in any way, shape, or form beautiful.

'Nowaki is so beautiful and I'm nothing really. Maybe he's tired of me. I yell at him and hurt him. God I'm like some horrible beast!'

Just as Hiroki felt himself crying, Nowaki chose that moment to burst into the door.

"Hiro san! I'm home!" Nowaki called out cheerfully until he saw his lover crying. He immediately felt his heart stop.

"Hiro san. What's wrong?"

Hiroki rubbed at his eyes frantically trying to get rid of his tears. "N-nothing! I-I just got....something in my eyes!"

Nowaki simply walked over and held his lover. "Hiro san, you were crying. Why?" The raven haired man asked softly.

Somehow that sentence ticked Hiroki off. "Why don't you just leave me alone and go off with that new girl of yours!?"

What the older man said confused Nowaki to no end. "What girl Hiro san?"

"The one I saw you with earlier! She was beautiful and funny! I saw you two laughing and smiling at each other! If she's so much better than me why don't you go with her! You don't talk to me that much anymore and you're always home late and-"

He was silenced by Nowaki as he felt the younger press his lips to his in a soft kiss. When they broke apart, Nowaki was smiling at him.

"Hiro san was jealous."

Hiroki blushed. "NO! I'm not jealous! I-"

"Was upset that she was talking to me."

Hiroki shoved him off and crossed his arms, still blushing like crazy. He was refusing to look at Nowaki, who thought that it was cute.

"Hiro san, that woman was trying to be cheerful because her husband is in the hospital. I was trying to make her feel better about it. And I've been pulling later shifts because I....It's for a reason."

The older man looked at him skeptically, but one look from Nowaki's face told him that he wasn't lying.

"So, what's the reason?"

Nowaki shifted slightly. "Well, you'll see at midnight."

Hiroki was going to protest but Nowaki pressed his lips to his again and both fell to thier pent up desires. They headed to the bedroom and spoke no more except in gasps and moans.

Both lovers were curled up to each other. Hiroki looked over at the clock. 12:00.

"Hey Nowaki."

"Yes Hiro san?"

"You said that I woud find out my reason at midnight. I still don't get it."

Nowaki got up and left the room only to return five minutes later with a brightly wrapped present. "Happy Birthday Hiro san."

Hiroki opened it. Inside was a rather old book. Brothers Grimm Fairytales.

"No way!" He opened up the old book and saw the date. 1880.

He eagerly flipped through the pages and saw a note sticking out of one of the pages. It marked the story Beauty and the Beast.

He read the note and blushed. 'To my beauty from your beast.'

"I'm not a beauty you idiot!" 'If anything, I'm the beast and you are the beauty.'

I thought that it would fit Egoist better.