The King walked by the palace, his majesty attended at his wife, the Queen, who was tormented herself about her last discussion with her mother, their royal adviser. The King walked for the palace, he prayed next to her sister at the true god in heaven, in front of all the people who wants to seen them, while his wife was aparted, while his royal guard was even farther, as if they were hidden of The Light.
The King walked by the gardens, the royal dinners, the important reunions an just when the exhaustion hit him, the arms of Yamato found him. His lover was so good at hidden of The Light, he moves across the shadows. There, Yamato saw Taichi, and Taichi saw him. Both true, both in love, both hidden.
"Are you sure we are alone?"
"Complete sure, your majesty"
And the kisses run over him.
"It has to be people watching over me all the time"
"I'm the people watching you all the damn time"
Yamato voice was heavy on his ear, his hands were so kind and certain; his knight know how attend him better than he knows. But one glare of the glassy eyes of his lover and Taichi know he was getting everything he want for him. His lover, Taichi repeated one and other time on his mind.
"I convinced Sora to wait"
"What? Why? She will suspect"
"It's fine, she was as scary as I was"
And the hug get tightest. As much love that they share they never have enough time.
"Your mother is trying to kill me"
"What?"
And the kisses stopped.
"She keeps getting me poisons that didn't really work on me"
"You are imagine things"
"No, I'm not"
"You just doesn't want her to like you"
"What? Why she even should to liked me?"
"Oh for a Kraken!"
"She isn't exactly a good person"
Suddenly, the body of Yamato separated of him, just his finger was over Taichi's lips, shutting him.
"shhhh… you are gonna stop there. Your wife, your sister, your light, even god I can tolerated as a topic of conversation, but I do not talk about my mother"
"Oh please, it's just… " but Yamato didn't stop, he walked out the stable in to the open field "Yamato… my dear!"
And he stopped. A pink shadow covered his face and a sigh left his lips. Taichi saw his eyes looking for an unexpected audience and at looked themselves alone, he allowed himself to grown his beautiful smile.
"Don't call me like that, for the eternal sea!"
"You don't like it? do you prefer my heart? honey? darling?"
"Shut up!"
Yamato walked toward Taichi's horse. Putting in place all the seat belts of the royal horse's chair than princess Ritsuko had unbutton when she thought know one was watching her.
Taichi waited a second, collected all his bravery and called Yamato.
"My love"
He turned to his king.
"Your majesty"
There had never been more affectionate words, more fondness glancess.
They both get up on their horses and gallop toward the rest of the entourage, hoping no one will dare to ask about the delay.
Since the tallest tower of the palace Izzy Izumi was watching them.
How many times young love had interfered against the greater good? He had lost the track.
The summon alchemist found The Queen on the garden, embroidering her sadness over a beautiful coton.
"Your highness "
"Mr Izumi" She said with a clare despise at his title.
Despise. It was what The Queen has. After all the sacrifices, she was still alone, on a corner of the garden, without his husband, hiding herself from her mother and all the petty glances of the people who knows she was nothing but a prize.
"I asked for an audience, but it was told to me that his majesty is going to be out all the day for the huntting"
"You had the right information, as usual" She kept her eyes over her work. She was skilled with her hands, her fingers had calluses for her secret trained with the sword and she can move the needle fast and precisely. When she finish the flower she raise her head, noticing that the summon alchemist was still there, beside her. "Do you need something else, Sir. I'm trying to enjoy the day"
"It just occurred to me that The King has not the best priorities"
"Oh, because he doesn't left all his planes for an audience with you?"
"Or a day with her wife"
"How you dare…"
"But... " The alchemist added quickly "You look like someone with the right priorities"
"I grow up in this palace, I know how this Kingdom function" She stand up. She was taller than Izumi and her shoulders were big for a woman who had forbidden the physical training "Tell me what you come to tell me"
"I know what it has to be done. But it's just that you remembered me an old friend of mine, red hair, skilled woman with a clare purpose on her life. Long ago my mistake was underestimated her, I don't want to that happen to me again"
"Tell me what you come to tell me, it's an order" The Queen said.
"The King is powerful because we had training him to be, but he doesn't know what to do with that power; you do. Stop fighting with us, come to pray, fully convert at The Light and you will be listened and respected"
"Your light promise eternal rewards at the poor and enriched its cleric, promoted the self hurting and punished the love. I don't believe in your Light and if you or the little sister of the King push me again, I would said that publictly"
"We aren't enemies, and if you don't compromise yourself the real enemy isn't going to be defeated" Izumi said with a lower voice.
"The real enemy?"
"The night that your father take the crown one of the traitor ran away with a baby, a real son of the Courage House. Now he is assembling an army across the sea and when he come he will come for both of us"
Sora kept her breath. The daughter of the Love House and the summon alchemist of the Light. If that words were true their heads will be the first to roll over the war.
"What garanty I had for your words?"
" My expertise and my title"
"You aren't older than me"
"You would be surprised" Izumi said with a small laugh, he himself had lost the count of his own years. "I just hope that you entered in reason before the war begin, your highness"
The summon alchemist retired of the garden and The Queen get alone all over again. She try to think on ways to track the real facts, to worry about the common people who doesn't deserve a war; but god, no prince is going kill her without she had been give birth an heir.