045 [OhgoJima] Little Prince Chapter 2
Title: Little Prince
Author: macy
Pairing: Nakajima Yuto/Ohgo Suzuka, implied YamaShi and RyuuNon
Genre: fantasy, fluff, familial, friendship, fomance?? lol
Rating: G
Note:
- sorry for the lame pic.
- the 'Vestal' here is from xxxholic, the word don't really fit, but i couldn't think of anything better so forgive me...
| Prologue | Chapter 1 |
CHAPTER 2
Winter has started once again so Yuto has to work. But still, he didn’t stop watching her.
In fact, because she goes out during the night, Yuto only lets it snow in the day.
Suzuka was happy that first day of snow when she realized the place where she always sits by the sakura tree was dry. She smiled and thanked the sakura tree once more.
Before seating though, she noticed something on the ground. One of the rose has fallen. It was slowly wilting. She knew this must be so because it was winter, but she was still sad. Their other plants are the same. The sakura tree’s leaves, even, are now thinning.
She sighed, she wish it shouldn’t happen.
She sat by her place and opened her book.
It was when she was going back that she realized something happened to the rose. It seems it somehow became more alive. She looked closer and realized it was covered in ice. It was by some means, preserved.
Suzuka looked at the sakura tree at once.
“The beautiful lady! Is that you? Are you back?” She called but of course no one answered.
She bowed at the sakura tree and thanked the lady she knew from her childhood. She took the rose with her.
Yuto watched her go back smiling. He now understands, even just a bit, why his mother loved bequeathing her.
The next day she was smiling when she came out but then she looked once at the sakura tree and her smile faded.
Yuto looked at the tree, too. And he realized that the leaves have now all fallen.
She looked really sad.
She took her sit once more and opened her book. She never smiled when reading the book. Yuto wasn’t used to this.
He didn’t have any power over this, so he knew he needed other’s help.
Not from Yuri, the ninth prince, for though he was the Vestal Lord, he didn’t like mortals.
Maybe he’ll ask for one of the vestal sprites, maybe Saaya.
He took off to look for Saaya. He searched subtly, avoiding the king and his brothers. He found Saaya in the great hall.
They were friends, so he asked her without preamble.
She agreed. She has loved the late queen and so she’d like to help this girl who the queen has talked about so much.
Both of them went out of the castle, and Saaya saw Suzuka for the first time.
“She’s so beautiful!” She exclaimed.
Yuto smiled. He agrees.
Suzuka was about to go back inside their house when it happened.
She felt a gush of wind and she stopped in her tracks.
She turned around and saw the sakura tree blooming.
Petals were falling, dancing in the wind. Suzuka dropped her book. The scene looks so magical. It was for sure the first time of such occurrence: of snow flakes and sakura petals falling together.
She run towards the sakura tree and opened her arms wide as if trying to catch all the falling petals.
She went in circles, enjoying the rain of petals. She was laughing and unknown to her, Saaya and Yuto were laughing with her.
Suzuka pushed herself. She didn’t want to go back inside yet even though it was time. Daybreak was nearing and she was cold.
The next day, Yuto was already perched up the sakura tree before the sun even started setting. Saaya wished to accompany him again today but one of the princesses called for her. No doubt it was Umika again.
Yuto waited but she didn’t go out their house.
He still waited- maybe she was just late.
But then she still didn’t come.
So for the first time, he left the sakura tree. He broke a law, he knew, but he doesn’t really care. He didn’t understand them much. He knew before his mom died, there were no such rules, but now the king became very severe. His oldest brother said it was because he misses their mom.
He went inside their house through the window. It was his first time seeing what’s inside a mortal’s home. It was much different than their castle. Everything here is much bigger for him.
Eichi saw him, and he wagged his tail at him. Yuto sat on his head.
“Eichi, can you show me where Suzuka is?” He asked him.
Eichi started running towards where Suzuka is.
He stopped in front of a door. And Yuto understood that Suzuka is inside.
He flew up and opened the door and saw Suzuka lying on her bed. She was covered in blanket and her face was red.
Yuto heard Eichi whimpered.
“Is she sick?” He asked the dog. And the dog whimpered more.
“It’s my fault!” Yuto exclaimed.
He knew it must be because she stayed late outside last night.
“Eichi, what should I do?” He asked the dog once more but the dog just look at him.
Yuto decided he’ll take care of Suzuka since it seems her parents aren’t home tonight.
He has seen how her mom took care of her before. He was with his mom when she visited her then.
So he went and search for the things he saw that day.
He went and got a towel. Eichi brought his bowl and Yuto went and filled it with water.
He soaked the towel and squeezed it. It was hard since the towel was bigger than him.
After that, he carried it to Suzuka’s forehead. It was much work since the wet towel was so heavy.
Then he waited, when the towel became warm, he carried it back to Eichi’s bowl and soaked it once more.
Then he carried it back to Suzuka’s forehead.
She was very hot but she was shivering so Yuto tried to move the blanket up to her neck.
By midnight, it seems her fever was going down. She wasn’t so red anymore, and her forehead didn’t feel so hot.
Yuto sat on her table feeling exhausted. Eichi went towards him and licked him all over.
He chuckled, “You’re welcome Eichi.”
He didn’t realize he fell asleep there.
When he woke up, it was still dark, but day would soon break.
He prepares to depart.
“Thank you.” He heard.
He looked at where the voice came from and saw Suzuka smiling at him.
“You took care of me, didn’t you? Thank you so much.”
Chapter 3
