Chapter 4 – Ryoma's Biggest Mistake

"Yukimura…" Sanada nodded at him. Yukimura nodded in return and then turned to look at Ryoma again who was looking intently at him. The bluenette chuckled inwardly. How cute.

"Anyways," said Yukimura, he turned to a servant. "Do serve the dinner right now, please." he ordered politely which the servant immediately obliged. Yukimura walked towards the table to sit with Sanada and Ryoma.

"Oh, please… Do sit down you two." insisted Yukimura as he got seated, not wanting the two of them to stand any longer. Both Sanada and Ryoma now sat down on their seats.

The emerald haired boy had now a puzzled look on his face as he saw Yukimura sitting on the chair that was meant exactly for the king, looking at Sanada to Yukimura who smiled at him sweetly as he looked at him. Ryoma could feel his blood rushing to his cheeks and right now, he badly wished he had his hat right now.

"Your face is rather red, Ryoma…" he heard Yukimura remark. "Are you okay…?" the bluenette said in a worried tone.

"N-Nothing…" Ryoma lowered his head but it suddenly hit him that Yukimura called him by his first name and it was too casual of him. He just had to ask.

"Yukimura-"

"Prince Yukimura." Sanada corrected him.

"Prince Yukimura…" said Ryoma but then it dawned onto him. "Eh? What?! You're a prince?! And how did you know my name?!" he blurted out quite loudly it almost gave Sanada a headache. However, Yukimura seemed unfazed at this and just let out a soft chuckle.

"Ah, yes… I am indeed a prince." he smiled once again at him. It was sweet but him smiling and smiling at him, it was getting kind of creepy and creepier especially when he had such an angelic face. It was feminine. He could have mistaken him for a girl along with that soft and feminine voice of his if he weren't wearing that white princely outfit. There was something in him that felt strange about him. "I'm sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Yukimura Seiichi. It's very nice to meet you. We have met before but you were in your unconscious state that we didn't get a proper introduction to each other." he reached out a hand for Ryoma to shake.

"Echizen Ryoma." said Ryoma, taking Yukimura's hand in his and shook it. Yukimura gave him a light squeeze before he let go and once again smiled at him. Ryoma wondered why is it that he almost always kept on smiling and at him… It felt so creepy.

"Oh, right." said the navy-haired prince abruptly. "Sanada, I do apologize for what happened earlier with Akaya… He's quite a handful but he's a nice boy and I'm sure it was just an accident." he said apologetically.

"No, it's fine." said Sanada, gently waving off a hand. "I understand it was just an accident."

"Oh, good…" his best friend sighed in relief. "I'm really glad you do and I hope it didn't give you much trouble."

"S-Sanada!"

"Eh…? EHHHHHH?! S-Sanada-san! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to!" Kirihara stuttered as he frantically took out a handkerchief as Sanada's pants had gotten drenched with orange juice. The servant boy tried to wipe the prince's lap but his hand was slapped away harshly.

"Mattaku… TARUNDORU!"

"Who are you?!" he demanded at the naked boy in his arms who looked as scared as hell.

"No one you need to know." the boy said, giving him a swift punch in the nose. Sanada put his hands to his nose as it hurt badly like it was whacked by a hammer; blood came dripping out of it and to the water it blended, making the color of bright pink, slowly fading into the water.

"I-It was no trouble at all…"

"Ah, and I see that you and Ryoma already know each other." Yukimura remarked, eyeing the two of them. Somehow there was a hint of jealousy in his tone but Ryoma decided to ignore that. "So, how did you two guys met?" he asked politely. The raven haired prince and emerald haired boy both looked at each other and shared heated glares. Yukimura just stared both at them questioningly.

"Uhm… Is there something wrong you two?" he cut in the two boys' staring contest. The two looked away from each other and kept silent, leaving Yukimura's question unanswered.

"I can feel that the two of you must hate each other a lot, don't you?" the bluenette prince chuckled. "That's too bad… and I thought that we'd all get along well."

"Get along? With him?! No way! I can't believe you're even best friends with him!" Ryoma growled and gave Sanada a death glare. The raven haired prince curiously raised an eyebrow at him.

"I am curious why you two despise each other so much…" Yukimura mused.

"Why? Why, he's a pedophilic bastard that's why!" Ryoma slammed his fist on the table hard. The two princes just looked at him with identical skeptical looks. Meanwhile, some servants came walking towards to their table pushing food trolleys. They set dinner on the table and one plate with food and a pair of spoons, forks, and knives each respectively for the three of them. Ryoma took a fork and stabbed it on a piece of meat from his plate and harshly took a bite of it, grudgingly munching on it. The raven-haired prince who sat on the other side of the table in front of him scrunched his nose up in disgust.

"Tell me why exactly in a way is Sanada a pedophilic bastard...?" Yukimura asked calmly as he watched Ryoma sloppily munch on his food. Sanada on the other hand ate his food silently.

"Wer das becas he wanz me to meri hem!" said Ryoma as he had his mouth full of food but unfortunately, none of the two princes understood what he even said.

"I'm sorry, what?" said Yukimura, confused as he didn't get what the boy was trying to say. The said boy gulped down his food and spoke.

"That's because he wants me to marry him!" he pointed at Sanada.

"I beg your pardon?!" exclaimed the stoic prince who almost choked and had an incredulous look fixed on his face just like Yukimura had. The servants who were in the same room as them were shocked and confused; they started whispering to each other. An awkward silence was formed between the three but was shortly broken as Yukimura broke into fits of laughter. Ryoma looked at him as if he had gone insane while Sanada sat silently and continued on eating his food. The laughing prince covered his mouth as he tried to stifle his laughter. Ryoma, not getting what was so funny, decided to ask.

"Excuse me, but what's so funny…?"

Yukimura, hearing his question, stopped and cleared his throat and shook his head in reply.

"No, nothing at all… It's just that…" he looked at Sanada and back at him. "You two make such an odd couple…"

"Dang right!" Ryoma agreed. He didn't want to marry someone such as Sanada who was probably lying about his age and a whole lot older than him. He looked like an old man and definitely not a teenager! If he were to choose, he'd rather marry Yukimura who seems a lot more decent than he was..!

'No, wait! What the heck am I thinking?! He's a guy too! We're both guys!' Ryoma shook his head to rattle off his thoughts.

"Is there something the matter, Echizen?" Sanada asked in an icy tone.

"Yes, I'd like to not marry you! Can I do that?" Ryoma sneered.

"Oh, but Ryoma, you can't do that." Yukimura cut in. "Besides, your fiancé…" he said, taking a short glance at Sanada and smirked at him."...is quite the persistent guy and he wouldn't want to let you off so easily."

"I'm pretty persistent too." said Ryoma, "If it's to stop me from marrying him, I'll do anything. Just look at this!" he raised the skirt of his dress slightly up below his knees. Sanada coughed at the boy's action while Yukimura decided to take a good look at the dress but then trailed his eyes down boy's legs rather than the dress itself Ryoma was pertaining to. Said boy didn't even notice wherever the prince had his eyes on. "If you ask me, I'd rather die than wear a fucking wedding dress…"

"Male brides do not wear wedding dresses on their wedding… They wear white suits" Sanada informed.

"But it is a good idea though..!" Yukimura said cheerfully. "Your fiancé probably thinks it is too!" he added, taking another short glance at Sanada who had a grim look on his face.

"Hell, don't even think about it…" Ryoma said dryly to his bastard of a fiancé. "Besides, I'm not marrying anybody! I will be going home!" he declared proudly.

"Oh? And how are you going to do that?" Yukimura asked in the tone of amusement, resting his chin on his hand, quite interested in the boy's rantings. Ryoma turned to him and smirked.

"I'm going to find a way. Isn't it obvious?"

"How confident…" complimented Yukimura with a smile which suddenly twisted into a smirk. "But don't think it's going to be easy… if that's what you expect it's going to be…" he said, picking up a fork, and stabbed it on a small piece of roasted beef from his plate, putting it in his mouth to eat and chewed on it slowly.

"No, I'm not expecting for it to be easy…" Ryoma said sternly, "But I'll do it…" he said confidently with a cocky smirk. "Even if you say it's impossible, hell, nothing is impossible for me. I can do anything..!"

"He's got quite the spirit, ne…" Yukimura muttered to Sanada who nodded in agreement. "Aa…" The bluenette prince chuckled to himself as he saw the confused look on the golden-eyed boy.

"What?" Ryoma frowned suspiciously at the two.

"No, it's nothing…" Yukimura shook his head. "It's just that… There is no doubt that you'd make the perfect bride…"

"What do you mean?" the clueless boy questioned. "Of course not..! I'm a guy!" he said furiously.

"What even makes you detest guys marrying guys?" the navy-haired prince raised an eyebrow curiously as he wondered whatever had been so wrong about two guys marrying each other. Whatever the reason was, he didn't know. It was actually perfectly normal to him but that is not the same case as it is with Ryoma though.

"Because… I don't know! Because they're both guys and a guy can't marry another guy..!" the boy in thought answered. Come to think of it, he didn't know why he didn't like the thought of same sex relationship. He just hated it and he hasn't really thought why he did though.

"Mh-mm…." Yukimura hummed with a thoughtful look on his face. "I'll just take that as it's because it's a taboo in your world, earth, is it not? I have been there before myself."

"Yeah, I heard that from Sanada."

"That's prince Sanada to you." The said stoic prince automatically corrected him, receiving a mutter of "whatever" from the boy.

"Yeah…"

"Oh-ho… So you have?" Yukimura said, slightly surprised. "I see, but tell me, you hate the thought of a guy loving another guy but… have you ever fallen for a guy yourself once?" he asked in a serious tone. It was quite uncharacteristic of him since Ryoma has seen him all smiles the whole time that seeing him so serious seemed unlike him and to this question, Ryoma couldn't do nothing but stay silent. A tinge of pink was visible on his cheeks. Yukimura, seeing this, had an unreadable expression on his face which Sanada didn't fail to notice.

"Yukimura…"

"So you have…" said Yukimura, cutting off what Sanada was about to say. "And you yourself say you hate the thought when you have fallen for another guy such as yourself?"

"Shut up… It's none of your business…" Ryoma grumbled, shrinking in his seat. The bluenette prince let out a soft laugh.

"I can understand that you're embarrassed, but I cannot, however, understand why you're so against it..." said Yukimura, "If I may, can I ask you what reason for why you do? It's okay if you don't want to tell me, I can understand that it's personal though I do hope that someday you might care to tell me…" he smiled kindly. Talk about a weirdo. He simply just cannot understand this Yukimura person and he keeps on minding other people's business when he should be minding his own. Why does he even pry?

"Erm…" The sound of Sanada clearing his throat had snapped him out of his thoughts. Both Ryoma and Yukimura turned to him as Sanada had caught their attention.

"I do think I should be going now." he announced, standing up from his seat. "Since I see that you two have a lot to talk about and more importantly about the engagement, I shall see you some day if ever you aren't busy and leave you two engaged couple alone."

"Say what?" Ryoma said, unsure if he had heard him right.

"He says that he'll be leaving us two loving engaged couple alone." Yukimura repeated for him in a cheerful tone.

"En.. gaged…." Ryoma muttered slowly, as the world sank into his thought and finally, it struck him. "ENGAGED?!"

Yukimura gave him a closed-eyed smile while Sanada looked at him guiltily.

"Yes, Ryo-chan. Engaged. I'm your fiancé and you're mine. We're engaged." he said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world and with such a fucking angelic smile.

"But Sanada…" he weakly pointed a finger at the person mentioned.

"I believe you made a mistake since Sanada was also a prince and Sanada here, didn't notice." said Yukimura with the biggest of smile. "He must have thought we've met before you and him. My bad… I should have told you earlier to save you from embarrassment but it was such an interesting show I just had to watch."

Ryoma gaped at the bastard prince who was actually his so-called fucking fiancé who actually had the nerve to embarrass him and in front of a whole lot of people. Right now, everybody must have thought he was stupid to actually think that Sanada was his fiancé when the real one was actually in front of him, a lying, sadistic, perverted, pedophilic, crazy bastardly devil acting like a pure and innocent little angel using his embarrassment as an entertainment to enjoy himself like comfortably watching television like the bastard he was.

"I'll be leaving now…" Sanada announced to the engaged couple in a little rendezvous. Yukimura nodded, permitting him to take his leave before going back to Ryoma, amusedly watching his still gaping bride-to-be who seems to be still in shock.

Sanada walked towards the exit and before leaving, he looked back to see the boy gaping at Yukimura, and left feeling a bit sorry for the boy as best friend just a while ago used him as some form of entertainment with his sadistic ways.

In the dining room, Ryoma was still letting the fact Yukimura was actually his fiancé and the fact that he had just not long ago actually thought of him rather marrying him than Sanada process into his mind.

"Ne, Ryo-chan… Are you just going to sit there and look like a fish or do I have to French kiss you out of your thoughts?" Yukimura teased. "I don't mind though… We're engaged, right? We can also do it later in my room if you'd like… I don't mind it either."

Ryoma blinked. He blinked again. Closing his mouth, it turned into gritted teeth. He clenched his fists on the table cloth, looking at Yukimura with burning hatred as the prince smiled at him oh so innocently. He snapped.

"YOU BASTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARD…!"

TBC…

TheBitterMoon: Finally… Next is chapter 5. As usual, the update is not set on any particular date or time. If I don't have writer's block, I'll be able to update this story a lot faster. Anyway, I do think this is short but I do hope you guys enjoyed it. More secrets are going to be revealed in Kami-sama, TASUKETE! The further the story goes, the more secrets come and reveal. This is a very long story and it may have more than just 50 chapters and I am definitely not going to leave this on hiatus so stay alert on updates, guys!