Here the next chapter. Still this is not beta.

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Chapter 24

A loud bang accompanied the opening of the front door. A blue hair man who lost in his thought while scrubbing the window turned to the sound. What he seen made him froze. His master was bleeding!

"Master!" Hurriedly, he ran to the black-haired man and helped the man who seemly losing his balance. He held the man and slowly sat him on the floor.

"Are you alright, master? Do you need me to call a physician?" The servant frantically scanned his master for deadly wound. His worry was clearly shown on his soft slightly pale face.

"I'm ok. Just wounds from dagger and burn. Help me to my bedchamber." Without any more question, the servant hurriedly put his arm his master's waist, supporting him. Slowly, they made their way to the main chamber.

The servant put his master on the soft mattress. He quickly pull away the boots and put aside while running to the kitchen, grabbing towels, medical box and a bowl of warm water. Luckily, he heat up water for dinner early so he did not waste his time doing it now. He skipped a few steps, running to his master's bedchamber. He hurriedly put the materials down and tugged the pillow under his master head, comfortably. He unbuttoned his master's shirt and was greeted by the bloody shoulder and arm.

He worked on to stop the bleeding. With his master vampirism feature, the bleeding was already stopped a while, judged from the new skin under the blood. He cleaned the blood away and applied herbs oil. He often made medical oil and potion for treating injure people. His gift in medical field had made him happy to live in this manor as it had a very big garden, which had been tend by him since he came to this manor.

He dressed up the wound and proceeded to the kitchen. He put aside the bowl by the sink while washing the towels. He put food for dinner that he had cooked earlier thinking that his master will come home. He proceeded to his master bedchamber once more, with his master leaning on the bedpost.

"Here, your dinner, master. I put more meat for you and I will prepare a cup of blood for you later." The servant put the tray on the table beside the bed. He went to the window and opened it so the night breeze will flow into the chamber.

Unknown to the servant, his master kept thinking about him and it was overlapping with the small earnest advice from the young brunette. He seems to absorb in his thought as he missed his servant's question.

"Yes?" turned to his servant.

"I'm asking, do you need anything, master?" The servant stood rigid looking at his master worriedly. He was very reluctant to leave his master alone especially when he was injured.

"Stay here…" A single command shocked the servant. His master never let him being in his bedchamber very long or asking him to stay.

"I need company, tonight. Just sit beside me and talked with me." Hesitantly, he slowly sat beside his master, feeling wary of his master's weird action. His master never showed this kind of behavior. He was a cold-hearted person, never showed his real emotion. The only emotion he ever seen was anger. He once destroyed the living room when news came to him. To this day, he did not know about the news.

"Takahiro…" The servant jerked as he heard his name from his master as he never called him with his name. It always often addressed as 'you', 'hey' or 'slave'.

"Do you want to see your little brother?" Takahiro with wide eyes stared to his master.

"What!?" Feeling unbelievable and slightly startle and excited.

"Do you want to see your little brother?" Haruhiko repeated his question back.

"Really master! Can I see him? Do you will let me see him, Master?" Excitement ruled the man. He looked to his master with eagerness and hopefulness.

"Yes"

With that, the blue haired man spontaneously hugged the other man.

"Thank you! Thank you!" he repeated thanking his master, not aware that his action startled his master. Haruhiko who never been hug before, felt a small tingling feeling in his stomach. He felt delight to made the other man happy. He often felt this feeling before when his servant something for him like having a small birthday party, baking cookies when he said he never ate it before or when he always marked his book and put it aside when he fell asleep in the library before putting a nice blanked around him. He managed to control the feeling before as he shrugged it as just nothing special. However, Misaki's voice echoed in his head…

'My Brother taught me to love someone unconditionally and he the one who taught me to forgive yourself and someone although it hurt…'

For Takahiro, realizing he just hugged his master, released his arm and blushed brightly.

"Sorry, master…" He bit his lip and gaze down. He forgot in the moment that his master hate someone to touch him unnecessary. How he knew this? It was easy… Takahiro always watched over his master, taking notes for everything the older man like, do or react. He also knew that his master liked to stroll at night and reading in the morning. He unconsciously developed feeling for his cold-hearted master, and always tried his best to please his master.

"Takahiro?"

His master voice startled him, jerking his head up to met his master's grey orbs.

"Ye-s, mas-ter?" He stuttered as he was controlling his feeling from showing to the surface. However, he failed miserably as his master penetrating eyes gazed upon him. He looked away, with red face, feeling nervous.

"Do you know what it feels to like someone?" Haruhiko asked. Takahiro looked at his master and suddenly his mind kicked in.

'No way… did master love someone… yeah, there's no way he will love me. I'm just a mere servant…" Unknown to him, the sadness and hurt were portrayed on his face. He felt like his crushed to pieces. Spontaneously, he looked down feeling warm tears to pool around his eyes.

"Takahiro, are you ok?" Haruhiko held the servant shoulders and searched for an answer for his servant's sudden hurt and sadness. "Did I upset you? Yeah, I know I didn't disserve such love and happiness. Maybe it was my fate to live alone in this world. I never know the feeling of love. I often envied my brother for getting it and seem to be happy in his life. Takahiro, I never know love before so will you show me…?" Haruhiko asked softly.

Takahiro was shocked by his master's confession. Not in million years, he thought that his love would be return back. He was satisfied with the unrequited love for his master to survive this world. He searched his master's eyes and stared in hope.

"Do you meant… som-one, you..you lik-e is …me?" Takahiro asked in low voice, afraid that he was wrong.

"Yes (while caressing the servant's cheek), I have this tingling feeling pooling in my stomach every time you were close to me and do something for me. I like seeing you happy. It's that a normal feeling? I could not understand it…? Haruhiko continued to caress the servant's face.

"It's normal. That is what we called love. Love made someone felt happy when their love one is happy and feeling content when their love was close to them or their love one do something for them. Everyone said that love is blind. We could not control whom we felt in love with. Love also made you strong. You will always have someone to look after you. They shared their secret and knowing that they can trust that person. That was love." Takahiro smiled to his master.

Haruhiko gave a smile before exhaustion caught to him.

"You need to rest, master." Takahiro helped his master to lie down on the bed. He pulled the blanket up covering his master. He gave a small smile before deciding to leave the room. However, Haruhiko grabbed the man and pulled him, making the man stumbled to the bed on his master.

"Mas-ter, what..? Why?" Takahiro tried to get up but firmly held by his master.

"Stay with me…" Haruhiko caressed the servant's cheek before pulling him to his chest with his left arm. He shifted slowly putting the other man beside him with his arm under the servant's head. He stared at the servant making the servant slightly uncomfortable.

"Stay with me, forever. I could not bear to lose you too…" Haruhiko hugged the servant before closing his eyes. He was really tired but happy. Happy that he still can feel the feeling of love. Takahiro smiled before falling asleep together with his master.

~Kingdom Of Emerald~

Back at the Emerald Kingdom, The Usami's troops were having a party, celebrating their victory. The town folks had been released and can continue their daily life. Takano was appointed as the kingdom's new ruler with under protecting of Usami's kingdom. Many improvements had being made during the first official court's meeting with new appointed minister. The ridicules high taxes had been replace with more lower and affordable taxes. Many innocent prisoners were released and the property damage like houses and shop were been built back. Somehow, the Emeraldians got to enjoy their life better.

Back to the party, everyone was enjoying themselves to the fullest. Misaki with Usagi-san beside him was chattering and seeing to lose in their own world. In a corner, Onodera stood with a glass of white wine, smiling to the couple. He blushed when his thought came to the certain black-haired man with honey colored eyes. After the marriage proposal, in front of the whole kingdom, the maid and servant in the castle called him 'Ritsu-sama' which embarrassed him to this day. When he asked his lover about it, he just said that he couldn't use Onodera name anymore as he will become a Takano. To this day, he always blushed when thinking about it. Takano sure loved to make him blush a lot as he said that he was cute when blushing.

"Are you already drunk?" A voice startled him from his dreamy world. He looked up just to be greeted by a pair of amused eyes of his lover. He blushed even brighter when he remembered his thought.

"What are you thinking…My Ritsu. Your face is red." Takano trapped the unlucky boy between him and the wall. Onodera blushed and gently looked up a small smile and tugged his lover's arm.

"Masamune…Thank you." Onodera said sincerely. He could not think back his life without his honey's colored eyes prince. His present had lighted up his once dull life.

Takano who shocked a little with his lover's out of character behavior just smiled as he kne w the meaning behind the small 'thank you'.

He smirked when an idea crossed in his mind.

"SO why not show how much you thank me… My Ritsu. Well a few round of sex is a good choice." Takano grabbed the unfortunate boy and dragged him away from the party. With blush face and stuttering rejection, Onodera followed the man reluctantly. Misaki who managed to sneak a glance to the couple smiled. He hoped his friend will find the everlasting happiness.

He snapped back when a hand gently tugged his arm. He turned to his left and smile to his husband.

"Misaki, Let's retreat to our bedchamber. It's had been a long day." Usagi-san wrapped his arm around Misaki's waist and proceeded out from the party.

~End of chapter 24~