12 Pocket Watch Kanon58
Summary: After Heine resumed his Royal Tutor job to the palace, the 4 prince thought they know his true past. They never know it was a secret in a pile of deeper secrets. (Viktor X Heine)
Notes: If you can check my personal manga titled Paradox Mansion
***WARNING MASSIVE HUGE SPOILERS***
THIS FANFIC IS DEDICATED TO MIX THE STORY VERSION OF THE ANIME AND MANGA INTO ONE IDEA.
ENGLISH SUCKS BUT WHO CARES XDD
Chapter 2: Clock 1-2
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"Achoo!" Fuzzy nose, Heine shudders. Noticing the little one trying to cope with those very thin layer of clothing, Viktor approaches Heine. "Eh? You feeling cold?"
Heine gave him an annoyed look but not really about him but against the climate. "It's not even winter yet already this cold..." Another night in a dark alley. Viktor and Heine are looking for stuffs for collected trashes. Sometimes there are worn out clothes for replacement of their current even some thrown out bedsheets will give the street kids warmth.
To survive the life outside, one must be tough as a cat.
"Worry not little man!" With quirky wide grinning, Viktor's shadow won's against Heine.
"Who you calling little-" to be met by an embrace from the heavy figure.
Heine is star struck, "...?"
Muffled voice as his lips covered by Viktor's tightening yet caring embrace. Viktor spoke out his discovery upon hugging the long haired boy.
"What a surprise Heine! Your skin is so cold! You are freezing!" Viktor's fingers starts to press Heine's muscles to put pressure on his freezing figure.
But that caused Heine to blush and feel all funny inside his stomach. "V-Viktor what are you doing? Let me go!" Viktor's chin rested on Heine's head as he hugs him much larger than before, as if he is protecting Heine from the cold wind.
"I'm giving you warmth."
Heine's eyes widen as his ears felt hot.
"W-what?"
Viktor with all his confidence lectures Heine who cannot escape his grasps. Heine is basically held hostage by Viktor's arms. "I mean am pretty warm. I'm type A by the way. What about yours?"
Trying to hide his flustered face, Heine hesitantly answered Viktor.
"...maybe type O or B? Not that it matters." To be honest Heine has no idea. Bewildered by such thing, Viktor is angry.
"It does matter! Incase of blood transfusion."
In a way like a mother scolding her children, Heine shrugs.
"I just feel cold, I'm not sick and in need of blood transfusion Viktor." Somehow Heine have surrendered completely on this sticky figure holding him in place where it is indeed pretty good.
Heine's felt less cold.
"Heine...Next time if you feel so cold, let me hug you. Hugging makes each other warm especially on winter!"
To his surprise Viktor rubs his face to Heine's cold cheeks whose now wearing an emotionless face yet his eyes were feverish by such love.
"...well it is not bad I guess, still you are such a weirdo."
"Hehe. Heine so cute."
Heine closes his eyes as he breaths in and out.
'Ahh...he smells so nice like the white lilies. How can even Viktor bare the stench of sewers and I myself? Such an enigma.'
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Viktor taught him places where noble sits and relax, to Heine's advantage he can finally can kidnap more self centered noble kids for money to buy some weapons.
The child abductor, Heinrich.
Of course Viktor was not aware of that side of Heine.
Meanwhile Heine showed Viktor the worst places in slumps. Which Heine did not know Viktor is studying the place to improve them someday once he sits at the throne.
They were exchanging knowledge for their own gains without realizing each other's real identity.
Both thinks of themselves as curious individuals which is why they never questioned each other's innocence.
"Heine!" Viktor waves and distance himself to Heine, "Got to go!" Viktor's pocket watch had reach it's limit. Yep, It is time for Viktor to go home before people in the palace find out that he is missing in his bedroom.
"What?" Heine as always good at hiding his emotions beyond a un impressed face, in reality Heine thinks it was too fast that other has to depart.
It is not like they won't see each other again...it is just never enough when you are having fun right?
"Very well then Heine~" Viktor giggles and a bright smile.
"See you tomorrow again! I had fun! Hehe!" Making Heine's heart fluttered, he waves back at him but not that much with energy. After all Heine is 17yrs while Viktor is 16yrs old. Being a year older still held pride to Heine authority of height.
Giving away a very small yet satisfied smile.
"...Me too Viktor, see you tomorrow."
As Viktor disappeared out of the sewers.
There is a silent agreement between them not to pry on their own situations of why Viktor run away from home and where are Heine's parents before he became an orphan.
Viktor would always smile no matter what, as for Heine...he always wears the mask of reverie. Stoic, emotionless and hence authoritative.
Composed and calm.
However all those façade were being invaded into a short mocking laughter whenever Viktor speaks to him.
Heine would smile, he can smile. Heine can make awful jokes too.
Only for Heine to loose his smile when he was thrown into prison.
Even after when he got out, still traumatize for all the sins he have caused harm against Viktor and other innocent nobles. Heine felt so ashamed at himself, he decided not to be happy.
Heine Wittgenstein decided to not smile. It is like a self punishment, Heine felt like...he did not deserve Viktor.
[['I was a human being who did not deserve any happiness anymore. I have focus on how to fix my problem with reading and writing. So that I can help that person...that person gave me so much love and attention.']]
Heine would do anything to help Viktor, their promise for a better kingdom even if it means disregarding his own self relief.
[['Even if means for me to cease on existing. Someone whose name Heine Wittgenstein... Everything about him, his records and all should burn away. Everything to lead the king to a better kingdom.']]
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One night, Heine collapsed at the floor.
"Heine...!?" Viktor unsure what could have caused it. All he noticed for the past few days Heine was not that athletic to parkour unlike he usually does.
Without hesitation drop onto his knees to safe keep Heine to his arms. "Hey! Hang in there-" when he touch his body it was hot. Wanted to confirm this, Viktor travelled his hands into Heine''s forehead. "What a burning fever!"
Heine whose feeling weak and in delusion right now. He pants as he utters the name he think would be by his side.
"Whose...there? Viktor?" However Heine cannot stay wake. Closing his eyes as they felt so heavy worried Viktor much more.
"Heine! Don't sleep!" Viktor begins to feel annoyed at the situation. "You...why didn't you told me you were feeling unwell all this time?!"
Heine whose eyes were close and eyebrows twisting, he tried to speak a weak mocking laughter. "Ahah." Heine then explains, "Sounds about right...you see, I rarely get sick. If I do get sick it will be so bad that I will be paralyze."
Viktor is amazed. "Noway... then how did you survive it?" Because fever like this in a cold place would have killed anybody. So this must meant Heine has a strong immunity till it gets abused that is the only time his immune system drains up.
Heine breaths out, he is trying to fight still before he becomes like a stagnated caterpillar. "Like I said, It rarely happens. This is one of those rare occasion. Which is why...am never allowed to be sick-" as he started coughing.
Alarmed, "Stop it. I will fetch you some medicine. Wait for me here." Viktor gently placed him at the corner to lay down. Covering Heine with his own uniform and ran off somewhere.
Heine can only peek in one eye as his face traced with suffering.
["That was the first time someone took care of me so dearly. It felt nice."]
The next moment Heine opened his eyes he saw Viktor held him to sit up. Allowing his back to meet the wall as he breaths and struggles the pain and unexplainable discomfort.
"Hahh,,hahh...tsk."
Gritting his teeth and later let his own mouth mock himself."...My bones hurt and everywhere. How inconvenient...! Pathetic am..." Trying to catch his own heart as he curses. It is an awful sight for Viktor. "Calm down..." he said that not to comfort Heine but himself whose deeply troubled for his friend's burning fever.
'This is the first time I saw a weak side of Heine.'
Viktor can't tell if he is lucky to see this or just something that he hates to see his dear friend so weak.
"Heine, drink this medicine." Trying to shoot the medicine to the other's mouth who rejects it.
"C-Can't, I'm about to puke..." Heine felt dizzy and terrible. He is going to vomit regardless is what he wanted to point out to Viktor.
"Leave me be, I will be fine. I survived this before and I can do it again." Heine proceeds to cover his own mouth to stop the swirling of his stomach yet his face becoming pale and purple.
Viktor made a face. "No you don't." Looking at the bottle of medicine he bought from the nearest pharmacy.
"You...you didn't steal that right?" Heine gave him a suspicious look at the medicine. Viktor frowns, "Excuse me? This is my salary on us carrying those heavy wine boxes!"
Even though Viktor was offended he is still thinking what to do to stubborn little boy... ' Heine must drink the medicine...he keeps coughing it out when I use a cup to get it across his throat.' Then an idea came. 'I know! Mother did this once to me before. I must...'
"Pardon me Heine."
Grabbing Heine wrist away from his covered mouth. Heine tried to fight back, "I said no-" only to find his mouth captured by another's. "...mmff?!"
Viktor forced the medicine to Heine's mouth through a kiss.
Eyes widen and thus Heine's body trembles. The liquid is pouring and being forced down his jaws, his throat.
((Gulp, gulp...))
The heat in his eyes form a tear and he shuts them. 'Aahh...so...sweet...so...weird.' till he lost consciousness.
Finishing he transfer of medicine, Heine's head fell off the opposite direction.
"Heine...!"
Viktor catches his head and held him close once more. "Thank God..."
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"Glad you are awake Heine." Viktor looks so tired while Heine felt a bit better. "Hey...you don't dare catch my cold." Heine can't really remember what happen.
"I will be fine. But I got to go..." Viktor wobbles but Heine decided to ignore it. "Sure..." after all the transfusion of medicine through mouth is awkward even though it save Heine's life.
"Thank you Viktor."
"You are welcome my mate."
As he said goodbye, Viktor speeds up his footsteps until he is running away from Heine's sight.
His face were on fire as his memories flashes back how he kiss another boy. 'Heine's lips...are so small...they taste different.' Knowingly Heine lives in a sewer so he should taste bad, but for some reason Viktor like it. 'Will there be a second chance I can be that close to Heine again?'
Reaching the palace and going back to his room.
Viktor went to morning breakfast with his family. As always his parents were kind to him but to Viktor it just felt like they care for the throne.
Not knowing he had catch whatever Heine's fever came from.
The utensil drops. "Viktor...? Honey?" The mother Queen stares at her son as Viktor's father arched an eyebrow. "Viktor my son? Are you sleepy again?" His father accused him for always being sleepy, since nobody knows he is always sneaking at night.
"I'm..." It is no use, Viktor felt dizzy as his mind lingers on kissing Heine. "Ok..."
BLAG!
As Viktor collapse.
"Your highness!"
Viktor caught Heine's fever and got bedridden for days.
The Queen is alarmed that maybe one of the servants have a fever or flu that may have caused Viktor to get infected. Viktor can't fall into illness since his mother can no longer give birth for a sibling or another crowned prince.
The true crowned prince is actually Viktor's Uncle child but that child is an infant, thus Viktor becomes next in line.
After all his father never see Viktor fit as a king, the previous king was his uncle before his dad.
"Rest well Viktor, my precious boy."
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"That Viktor, I wonder if he did caught my sickness?" Shaking his head in denial. "I mean he...has not shown up for three days."
Unconsciously Heine touch his lips.
'Did...did Viktor's mouth went into mine? Or is it...a dream?' A delusion from fever who knows.
But no matter what, that method saved Heine's life.
"Viktor..."
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