King and Prince
Chapter 27: Accepting and Declining
Ryoma stared at the ceiling of his room.
"I want you to join us. As one of the chancellors." Atobe's words continued to haunt him not making him sleep.
"Aaaaaah…what am I going to do now. I don't want to be one of the chancellors…but if I decline them, they will surely do something to make me accept." Ryoma mumbled with a frustrated face.
He jerked his head on the side when he heard a familiar cat voice calling him.
"Meow…?" Karupin called looking at his master.
Ryoma smiled, picked Karupin and petted him. "What'd you think Karupin? Am I going to accept their offer or decline?"
Hyotei gakuen, lockers
Ryoma opened his locker and put some of his books. He sighed when he remembered what Atobe told him yesterday.
"Guess I'll just have to decline them. I can't manage to do school works…I still have to look for a part time job." He thought walking towards his assigned classroom.
When he opened the door, group of students welcomed him.
"Goodmorning Ryoma-sama!!"
Ryoma sweatdropped. "Huh?"
"We heard that the four chancellors invited you to join them!" One of the students said.
"And because of that, we decided to serve and protect you from everything!" Another student said.
The others only nod their heads.
Ryoma sighed. "This is so not good. Look, I don't know if I'm going to accept or decline their offer."
"Whatever you're answer is we're still going to serve you, young master!" They all chorused.
Why is this happening to me?
Ryoma looked at the huge door in front of his and silently gulped.
"I've made up my mind. I'm not going to accept their offer." He opened the door and saw four handsome boys talking to each other.
"Uhm…" Ryoma cleared his voice gaining the attention of the boys.
"Ryoma?" Tezuka called looking at their youngest lover.
Atobe smiled. "Are you going to tell us what you're decision is…"
Ryoma blushed while rubbing his hair. "Y-yah…something like that." He bowed in front of the four chancellors, his bangs covering his eyes.
"I'm really sorry if I have to decline your offer. It was an honor to be asked if I want to join you…but the answer is NO." He politely said.
He kept his head down, afraid of what the reaction of his other lovers.
"…"
Silence filled the room as no one dared to say a word.
"Ah…aren't you going to say anything, sempai-tachi?" Ryoma asked still bowing his head.
"It's alright…it's our fault for asking something like that." Sanada said smiling.
Fuji and Tezuka smiled to each other until they noticed a particular someone scowling.
Ryoma stared at Atobe with amused eyes. "What's the matter, monkey king?"
"Ugh, stop calling me that brat!" Atobe snapped.
Ryoma smiled sheepishly. "Sorry…are you upset?"
Atobe rubbed his perfectly styled hair, trying to hide his blushing face to his youngest lover. "I-it's also alright for me…" He mumbled.
The other three councilors snickered behind.
Ryoma smiled.
"But in return…you have to accept this one condition…" Atobe smirked.
The young boy gulped.
He knew that evil smile.
It's payback time…
Echizen house, Ryoma's room
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing!
A certain cat-eyed boy reached for his alarm clock who was ringing uncontrollably. He looked at the time and sighed.
"Already 8 in the morning ha…" He blinked a couple of times and realized something.
"8 in the morning! I'm so late!!" Ryoma ran towards the bathroom to do his morning routines.
Today, he agreed to let his four lovers date him. They were supposed to pick him up at exactly 8:00. Yup, 8:00.
Ryoma stared at the black limousine in front of him.
"We're just going on a date...do they we really have to ride that vehicle..." Ryoma thought.
Atobe stepped out of the vehicle at the same time removing his sunglasses. He was dressed in a formal attire, black coat, black pants and black shoes. He looked smugly at Ryoma.
"What kind of dress are you wearing?" Ryoma asked glaring at Atobe.
The latter stared back. "It's a normal outfit to wear in a date, brat."
Ryoma continued to stare. "You look like you're going to a burial or something." He muttered.
"What was that?!" Atobe asked hearing Ryoma muttering.
"Nothing..."He quickly responded.
Fuji also stepped out of the car. He was wearing a casual blue shirt with white pants.
"At least he's normal." Ryoma thought looking at his other lover.
"Goodmorning, Ryo-chan. Are you ready to go?" Fuji asked smiling at the boy.
"Yah, whatever." Ryoma answered with his usual bored voice.
The three of them entered the vehicle and hits the road.
Minutes later, they arrived in their destination. One by one, they stepped out of the limou.
Ryoma stared at the tall building in front of him.
"Where exactly are we?" Ryoma asked looking at his tall lovers.
"As you can see, were at the Oshitari hotel." Tezuka replied.
"Oshitari hotel? I think I heard that name before..." Ryoma murmured looking away from his sempai-tachi.
"Hm, it's been a while since I got here." Atobe said to himself walking towards the building. The others followed him.
Ryoma glanced at Atobe. "What kind of relationship does the two of you have?" He asked in an amused tone.
"The two of us together with Gen, Syu and Mitsu went on the same elementary school." Atobe answered.
"Hm." Ryoma quietly said. Together ha. Whatever, I'm not jealous.
Inside the building, Ryoma noticed the people gathering in their formal dresses, chatting and laughing.
"Hey." Someone said from behind.
The four chancellors together with Ryoma turned their heads behind to see the owner of the voice.
"It's been a while, ha." A tall boy with dark blue hair wearing glasses greeted.
"Yoh." Atobe greeted back walking towards the boy.
"Who is he?" Ryoma asked no one in particular.
"He's Oshitari Yuushi, the boy Atobe told you before." Fuji answered since he was the one beside him.
"Ow." Ryoma muttered feeling a painful knot inside his stomach. He observed the two of them talking to each other.
Sanada, Tezuka and Fuji joined the two men talking in front of them leaving Ryoma at his original place.
Ryoma continued to stare at the boy named Oshitari. Not feeling well, he closed his eyes and silently went away.
Amidst of their talking, Atobe looked around and noticed that a certain petite boy was missing.
"Where is he?"
Ryoma opened the room of bathroom stall.
He walked towards the glamorous mirror and stared at himself.
He looked at the clothes he was wearing. Ordinary shirt, baggy pants and over-used shoes.
He sighed.
"Stop thinking Ryoma...they love you, you love them. What's more to ask?" Ryoma asked himself washing his hands.
Suddenly, three boys entered the bathroom. They were on their formal attire, laughing loudly at each other.
Ryoma twitched when he recognized who the boys are. It was Sakurai, Hiraku and Ginji, the three mighty morons!
"Oh, by the way, I saw the four chancellors at one of the private halls!" Hiraku informed while the other two contined to laugh.
"Really? Maybe they're here to attend the party." Sakurai said.
Ryoma lowered his head and walked towards the door. When he was about to open it, someone called his name making him stop.
"Isn't that Echizen?!" Ginji announced after recognizing Ryoma. The three of them walked towards Ryoma.
Ryoma turned around to face the three morons, forcing himself not to punch them in the face for what they've done in the past. (Read chapter 9 for those who forgot :D)
"Yah! It's Echizen!" Sakurai affirmed smirking. "We missed you a lot, ne?!"
The two smirked as well.
"I don't have time to chat with you morons." Ryoma coldly said.
"Wait..." Ryoma turned to Sakurai who stopped him from walking out. "What?"
"They allowed you to enter this hotel wearing that." Sakurai said pointing Ryoma's clothes.
Ryoma raised his eyebrows. "So what?"
The three of them laughed evilly. Ryoma watched them silently thinking how idiotic they are.
"I can't believe it! They let you enter this 5-star hotel wearing something like that! Aren't you embarrassed?!" Hiraku said his face red from laughing.
Ryoma blinked. What's wrong with my clothes?
Sakurai pushed Ryoma against the door cupping his cheeks. "You don't know where you belong, Echizen Ryoma. Your world and the world of the four chancellors are very different. Look around you, you aren't meant to be here. Go back to where you belong, commoner."
Back at one of the private halls
"Where's the brat?" Atobe asked looking around.
Fuji, Sanada and Tezuka also looked at the place, hoping to find Ryoma.
Atobe turned to the right and saw Ryoma entering the hall. He sighed in frustration and wait for Ryoma to approach them.
"Where did you went off, brat?" Atobe asked, his arms crossed.
Ryoma continued to stay silent, his long bangs covering his eyes.
The four of them looked at each other wondering why they're youngest lover looked kinda pale.
"Hey Ryo...what's the matter?" Sanada asked. He was about to touch Ryoma's shoulder when the boy slapped his hand away.
Sanada, Atobe, Tezuka and Fuji looked shocked at the sudden change of the boy.
"Let's break up."
At last I was able to finish this chapter!!! Sorry for the loooooooooooong wait! I'm really busy this days! Anyway, thanks for the comment everyone and please continue supporting me! Loveyou guys!
