The Little Prince Chapter 11
Title: The Little Prince
Author: Masuhisa
Pairing: Matsumiya, Sakumiya, Aimiya, Ohmiya
Summary: Yamada Taro is the son of an extremely poor couple, and has to work extremely hard to feed his family. But everything changes when his parents admit that he was adopted, and his real family finally found him after 18 years.
Disclaimer: Don’t own.
[Prologue] [Chapt 1] [Chapt 2] [Chapt 3] [Chapt 4] [Chapt 5] [Chapt 6] [Chapt 7] [Chapt 8] [Chapt 9] [Chapt 10]
Chapter 11:
“I like Sho,”
Lord Ninomiya nodded, “So it’s Sho…he’s not bad, except for the fact that he fails at most sports and can’t cook, but that’s what chefs are for…”
Kazunari let out a laugh at his grandfather’s assessment of Sho.
“I just want you to be happy,” said his grandfather, ruffling his hair, “Don’t worry, ojii-chan will take care of everything,”
Kazunari thanked his grandfather and left the room so that the doctors could do their job. Once outside, Kazunari leaned on the white wall and buried his head in his hands Kazunari felt terrible. He wasn’t lying when he said he liked Sho, it’s just that he liked Jun more than the group’s smart ass.
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“Are you serious?!”
“I heard it with my own two ears!”
“How can that be possible?!”
“It’s true! Master Kazunari isn’t engaged to Master Jun anymore!”
“But all the preparations are done!”
“But the engagement party is still on!”
“That is so weird…”
Jun smirked as he listened to the conversation. The maids’ gossip always provided the best source of information for everything that happens. As the ladies continued to bicker about that reliability of the sources a floor below him, Jun exited the stairwell.
His freedom was almost within reach.
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“Lord Ninomiya,” Jun greeted, sliding the door open.
“Jun? Take a seat,” he said, gesturing to the chair while replacing his bowl onto the tray.
“I’ll stand, it’ll just be a minute,”
“What so important that you have to disturb me during my lunch?” asked the old man jokingly.
“Now that Sho has been officially chosen as the successor of the Ninomiya cooperation, there is no need for me,” began Jun, “Can I leave the mansion?”
Lord Ninomiya reached for his cup and gently blew on the surface before taking a sip. Jun watched as the old man continued with his lunch. The moment those words left his lips, his stomach had been churning non-stop, and Lord Ninomiya taking his own sweet time to answer made him feel even more doubtful about being able to leave.
“Fine,” said the old man at last, “I’ll get Nishida to prepare some money and a house,”
“There’s no need for that,” added Jun.
Lord Ninomiya nodded, “At least take your car, you’ll put it to better use,”
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Kazunari laid in bed, straining his ears to hear the shuffling of footsteps, rustling of folding clothes, clanking of ceramic and most of all, anything that told him that Jun was still in the mansion. He was wide awake, not because of all the annoying noises, but because he wanted to prolong the time that Jun will be in the mansion.
Suddenly, all those noises stopped, making Kazunari’s heart skip several beats. Hesitantly, Kazunari got out of bed and crept over to the door. Poking his head out, Kazunari saw that the door to the room opposite his was still shut and there weren’t anybody moving boxes along the corridor. Shutting the door, Kazunari felt extremely stupid. Of course Jun was going to stay for the night, it was already eleven pm.
Once back in bed, Kazunari tried to fall asleep, so that he can be wake up bright and early to send Jun off. He counted sheep, he drank a glass of water, he tried to scare himself to sleep. None of those were able to make him forget that Jun was leaving in the morning.
Throwing off his blankets, Kazunari sat up, unsure of what to do. He told himself he didn’t like Jun. Not one bit. So why was he so desperate? Shouldn’t he be happy that Jun was leaving? His mind was in a whirl. Tucking his legs close to his body, Kazunari glanced at the clock - 9 hours more till 7 in the morning, the time when Jun usually wakes up. He bit his lips.
It was now or never.
Hopping out of bed, Kazunari ran to his door and flung it open. The door to the room opposite his was just there in front of him. Tip-toeing across, Kazunari grabbed the door knob. Taking a deep breath, Kazunari invited himself in.
The room was pitch black, but somehow, Kazunari managed to not crash into all the boxes that laid scattered all over the room. Trying to recall what Jun’s room looked like from the last time he went in, Kazunari made a left turn. The sound of someone snoring got louder and louder, telling Kazunari that he was heading the right way.
Trusting his sense of hearing, Kazunari followed the sound. Soon enough, his knee hit something flat and soft - the side of Jun’s bed. Trying not to grin, Kazunari slip himself under the covers and made himself comfortable beside Jun.
“Ka…Kazu?!” mumbled Jun, waking up slightly as he felt something stirring beside him. Jun turned and found Kazunari using his arm as a pillow. Smiling at Kazunari sleeping, Jun used his free hand to pull the comforters around them.
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Kazunari’s eyes fluttered open even though his body insisted that he needed more sleep. His mind didn’t seem to be working properly as he turned his body so that he was lying face down on the black pillows.
Reality jolted him awake as if he had been splashed with cold water. His pillow covers weren’t black; they were blue, which means…he became clear of what he did last night.
Looking around, Kazunari couldn’t see Jun, not even his shadow. The boxes were gone too, which could only mean one thing - Jun was gone, and he didn’t even wake him up!
Jumping out of bed, Kazunari couldn’t even be bothered to brush his teeth as he sped off to his own room where he has a great view of the driveway from his window. Drawing the curtains with so much force that the poles rattled, Kazunari peered through the glass, hoping to see Jun still at the driveway or something.
Relief washed over him as he saw the deep purple sports car still parked at the driveway, the back seat loaded with boxes. Jun was standing near it, saying his goodbyes to Sho, Satoshi and Masaki. Kazunari badly wanted to run down to the driveway and see Jun one last time in person, but he knew that it would take him forever to reach there, and when he did, Jun will be gone.
Opting to look from a distance, he saw Jun giving the others a friendly hug and teasing a weeping Masaki. The moment Kazunari had been dreading finally came, Jun walked up to his car and opened the door. Turning back to take one last look at the mansion, Jun spotted somebody staring at him from one of the windows.
From the skinny silhouette and the messy hair, Jun could tell it was Kazunari. He was starting to feel bad for leaving while he was still asleep, but Jun knew if he did, he wouldn’t be able to leave.
“Kazunari,” he thought to himself, hoping that the smaller man could hear his thoughts, “if only you weren’t the grandson of Lord Ninomiya…if only I wasn’t chosen to be trained as a successor…maybe we could have…”
“Thank you,” he mouthed at the silhouette before getting into the car. Starting the engine, Jun drove off, never turning back.
From the window, Kazunari watched the purple sports car as it left the mansion, never to return. It became a tiny dot of purple before disappearing from view when it turned around the corner.
Kazunari didn’t know it, but tears had formed at his eyes as he leaned against the cool glass. His legs unable to the find the strength to keep him standing, Kazunari slid down to the floor. Willing himself not to cry, but failing so miserably, Kazunari tuck his legs close.
“You’re welcome,” he said to his room.
Sacrifice is also a form of love
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Note: The end...NOT!! There's still an epilogue, so Nino can still end up with either one of them (even though Jun has left the mansion). The epilogue decides everything! So please vote for the pair you want, although i do hope you won't vote for 'Aimiya/Ohmiya', i don't have a plot for that.
Poll Who's Nino going to chose??