Against His Will part 42
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krystalkatzficz“So you are the younger of Kazuko’s two children…” The queen hummed from behind a fine china teacup her eyes running over him slowly. She let out a satisfied hum and nodded a few times “You look very much like your mother…Which I am sure is a blessing, I cannot imagine that you would like to look like your father…”
“No…I would not…” Kazu agreed his nose scrunching up as he frowned looking at the tea cup that was by his hand. The soft scent of oolong tea filled his senses calming his heart, but not nearly as much as when he thought about what his husband had told him about flower arranging. In this small sitting room there were three vases of brightly coloured flowers and just imagining Jun making them had him smiling. At the moment he was surprised that mother-in-law knew his mother and he swallowed down a thick lump saying “You…You know my mother, your majesty?”
“Aurora, please…” She smiled her face lighting up she sipped her drink and Kazu could see why people said that she was the most beautiful woman in the country. She was tall and slim like her son with the same dark and almost brooding eyes as her son. The only marks on her face were two dimples on either side of her mouth. She felt warmer than Jun but Kazu suspected that she could have a darker “…I do indeed we are cousins and as children we would play all day…”
“Cousins, my lady?” Kazu asked feeling even more surprised wondering why his mother had never told him that she was related to the queen.
“Aurora…” The queen corrected him again with a smile as she brought her hand over to squeeze at his fingers “Yes…Your mother had a wild side…Many days she would be found wearing a pair of man’s breeches and striding off over the ground her hair wild about her face…I was rather more sedate…”
“If that is what you wish to tell yourself now, my dear…” Satoshi snorted loudly from his position in the chair beside her and Aurora’s eyes narrowed quickly and a muscle twitched in her lower jaw “If I recall you shouted at me when we met…”
“…You startled me by jumping down from a tree…What else could I do but shout…?” The queen laughed instantly dispelling any bad feeling that might have collected. Her eyes were sparkling as she turned to the king who was grinning back with a very warm and loving look in his eyes. They were clearly in love with each other and neither seemed to be ashamed to show it. It was startling to Kazu that they could look like that and he guessed that they hadn’t had an arranged married. “Honestly, Kazunari...Your mother and I were staying at our grandparents home in the country…We were not expecting the prince to be there so Kazuko and I were enjoying ourselves riding and…Just generally having fun when suddenly this strange little man dropped out of the sky and almost landed on top of me, he startling my horse I was lucky that he did not bolt…”
“I have apologised for that…” Satoshi pouted throwing his arms up into the air and kicking at the small table the tea service was on causing it to rattle and wobble around dangerously for a few minutes. Neither Aurora nor Jun reacted to the childish behaviour of the king and Kazu suspected that they were used to it.
“Indeed you did…” Aurora sighed happily taking the king’s hand and squeezed it gently “And you married me so I suppose that it made up for it in the end…My dear, Kazunari…You must understand that the Ohno men are all troublesome but they are worth it if you hang in there…”
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Once dry from the bath and with full stomachs from a plentiful and very tasty meal in the kitchen with the staff. Sakurai led Masaki into his study and pulled a large leather bond book from one of the many that filled the room and they sat together on the small sofa seat with Masaki’s back resting against the lord’s chest his head tucked under his chin looking at the words on the open book with a whirl of panic glad that he wouldn’t be the one that was going to have to read them.
“The story of Zeus and his son Hercules…” Sakurai whispered into his ear and Masaki smiled snuggling back against his husband the best that he could. “Zeus was the king of all of the gods of Olympus and as such he felt that it was his right to as he pleased when he pleased and even though he was married to Hera he fell in love with a beautiful Greek woman named Alcmene. When Alcmene's husband, Amphitryon, was away, Zeus made her pregnant. This made Hera so angry that she tried to prevent the baby from being born. When Alcmene gave birth to the baby anyway, she named him Herakles…”
“Hera…kales?” Masaki questioned nervously stumbling over the pronunciation of the name worried that his husband would grow irritated if he asked too many questions.
“Yes…It was because of the Romans that we get the name Hercules, it was their pronunciation so it is the same as we will say it today…” Sakurai explained softly in the same kind of patient voice Yun would have done and Masaki smiled knowing in that moment that his husband was going to be a very patient reading companion and he was glad of that “…The name Herakles means the glorious gift of Hera in Greek, and that got Hera angrier still…”
“I am not surprised…” Masaki mumbled looking at the sketches that were in the book recognising the one called Hera as being one of the statues in the bathing room. She was a proud beautiful woman that he thought resembled Kazuko but Kazuko would never have harmed a baby “But it was not the baby’s fault…”
“No…But she still tried to kill the baby by sending snakes into his cradle…” Sakurai told him and Masaki couldn’t stop his gasp as his eyes bulged out of his face looking at the beautiful woman again crying out loudly;
“No! That is awful!”
“Do not worry…The little Hercules was the son of Zeus after all so he was a very strong baby, and he strangled the snakes, one in each hand, before they could bite him….” Sakurai chuckled turning the page and showing another engraved picture. This time of a baby sitting in his bed holding two snakes above his head a triumphant looking smile on his cherub like face. “…Hera was once again left angry by failure and she vowed that Hercules’ life would never be happy…”
“That is not fair…She should have been angry at Zeus or even his mother not a poor innocent baby…” Masaki mumbled sadly deciding that the story was far too familiar for him to enjoy. He had always felt hated for just existing. Both of the older Ninomiya men had made sure that he would know that he was only a ward. He was pretty sure that they would have placed snakes in his room if they had been able to find them. “Hercules did not ask to be born…”
“No…I apologise Masaki…I should have known that the story of Hercules would be painful…I shall tell you a happy tale…The tale of the statue from our garden…” Sakurai told him flipping through the book until he found the correct place and he cleared his throat softly and Masaki smiled forcing away his bad memories getting ready to hear the story of the god of love.
TBC
A/N: I do love my ancient tales…I hope that this was okay ^_^
“No…I would not…” Kazu agreed his nose scrunching up as he frowned looking at the tea cup that was by his hand. The soft scent of oolong tea filled his senses calming his heart, but not nearly as much as when he thought about what his husband had told him about flower arranging. In this small sitting room there were three vases of brightly coloured flowers and just imagining Jun making them had him smiling. At the moment he was surprised that mother-in-law knew his mother and he swallowed down a thick lump saying “You…You know my mother, your majesty?”
“Aurora, please…” She smiled her face lighting up she sipped her drink and Kazu could see why people said that she was the most beautiful woman in the country. She was tall and slim like her son with the same dark and almost brooding eyes as her son. The only marks on her face were two dimples on either side of her mouth. She felt warmer than Jun but Kazu suspected that she could have a darker “…I do indeed we are cousins and as children we would play all day…”
“Cousins, my lady?” Kazu asked feeling even more surprised wondering why his mother had never told him that she was related to the queen.
“Aurora…” The queen corrected him again with a smile as she brought her hand over to squeeze at his fingers “Yes…Your mother had a wild side…Many days she would be found wearing a pair of man’s breeches and striding off over the ground her hair wild about her face…I was rather more sedate…”
“If that is what you wish to tell yourself now, my dear…” Satoshi snorted loudly from his position in the chair beside her and Aurora’s eyes narrowed quickly and a muscle twitched in her lower jaw “If I recall you shouted at me when we met…”
“…You startled me by jumping down from a tree…What else could I do but shout…?” The queen laughed instantly dispelling any bad feeling that might have collected. Her eyes were sparkling as she turned to the king who was grinning back with a very warm and loving look in his eyes. They were clearly in love with each other and neither seemed to be ashamed to show it. It was startling to Kazu that they could look like that and he guessed that they hadn’t had an arranged married. “Honestly, Kazunari...Your mother and I were staying at our grandparents home in the country…We were not expecting the prince to be there so Kazuko and I were enjoying ourselves riding and…Just generally having fun when suddenly this strange little man dropped out of the sky and almost landed on top of me, he startling my horse I was lucky that he did not bolt…”
“I have apologised for that…” Satoshi pouted throwing his arms up into the air and kicking at the small table the tea service was on causing it to rattle and wobble around dangerously for a few minutes. Neither Aurora nor Jun reacted to the childish behaviour of the king and Kazu suspected that they were used to it.
“Indeed you did…” Aurora sighed happily taking the king’s hand and squeezed it gently “And you married me so I suppose that it made up for it in the end…My dear, Kazunari…You must understand that the Ohno men are all troublesome but they are worth it if you hang in there…”
*~*~*~*~**~*~
Once dry from the bath and with full stomachs from a plentiful and very tasty meal in the kitchen with the staff. Sakurai led Masaki into his study and pulled a large leather bond book from one of the many that filled the room and they sat together on the small sofa seat with Masaki’s back resting against the lord’s chest his head tucked under his chin looking at the words on the open book with a whirl of panic glad that he wouldn’t be the one that was going to have to read them.
“The story of Zeus and his son Hercules…” Sakurai whispered into his ear and Masaki smiled snuggling back against his husband the best that he could. “Zeus was the king of all of the gods of Olympus and as such he felt that it was his right to as he pleased when he pleased and even though he was married to Hera he fell in love with a beautiful Greek woman named Alcmene. When Alcmene's husband, Amphitryon, was away, Zeus made her pregnant. This made Hera so angry that she tried to prevent the baby from being born. When Alcmene gave birth to the baby anyway, she named him Herakles…”
“Hera…kales?” Masaki questioned nervously stumbling over the pronunciation of the name worried that his husband would grow irritated if he asked too many questions.
“Yes…It was because of the Romans that we get the name Hercules, it was their pronunciation so it is the same as we will say it today…” Sakurai explained softly in the same kind of patient voice Yun would have done and Masaki smiled knowing in that moment that his husband was going to be a very patient reading companion and he was glad of that “…The name Herakles means the glorious gift of Hera in Greek, and that got Hera angrier still…”
“I am not surprised…” Masaki mumbled looking at the sketches that were in the book recognising the one called Hera as being one of the statues in the bathing room. She was a proud beautiful woman that he thought resembled Kazuko but Kazuko would never have harmed a baby “But it was not the baby’s fault…”
“No…But she still tried to kill the baby by sending snakes into his cradle…” Sakurai told him and Masaki couldn’t stop his gasp as his eyes bulged out of his face looking at the beautiful woman again crying out loudly;
“No! That is awful!”
“Do not worry…The little Hercules was the son of Zeus after all so he was a very strong baby, and he strangled the snakes, one in each hand, before they could bite him….” Sakurai chuckled turning the page and showing another engraved picture. This time of a baby sitting in his bed holding two snakes above his head a triumphant looking smile on his cherub like face. “…Hera was once again left angry by failure and she vowed that Hercules’ life would never be happy…”
“That is not fair…She should have been angry at Zeus or even his mother not a poor innocent baby…” Masaki mumbled sadly deciding that the story was far too familiar for him to enjoy. He had always felt hated for just existing. Both of the older Ninomiya men had made sure that he would know that he was only a ward. He was pretty sure that they would have placed snakes in his room if they had been able to find them. “Hercules did not ask to be born…”
“No…I apologise Masaki…I should have known that the story of Hercules would be painful…I shall tell you a happy tale…The tale of the statue from our garden…” Sakurai told him flipping through the book until he found the correct place and he cleared his throat softly and Masaki smiled forcing away his bad memories getting ready to hear the story of the god of love.
TBC
A/N: I do love my ancient tales…I hope that this was okay ^_^
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Date: 2014-12-08 11:04 am (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2014-12-08 11:18 am (UTC)Aurora is such a mysterious character. Can't wait to see how things will go on with Nino and Jun's parents... Though I believe everything will be just fine.
As for Sakuraiba, I'm glad they can have a break! XDDD
I'm also soooo happy that you included Greek mythology!!! (I'm Greek myself! ^^ )
Thank you for this! <3
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Date: 2014-12-08 01:30 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2014-12-08 04:42 pm (UTC)Aurora seems very nice! And her interaction with the king is really cute!!! I wonder what happened to Kazuko to be married with Lord Ninomiya :'(
Can't wait for the next chapter!!!
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Date: 2014-12-08 10:47 pm (UTC)His mother seem very sweet! I hope they can get to be a family, eventually.
Sakuraiba as always is very cute! But I want more Matsumiyaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
<3
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Date: 2014-12-09 02:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-12-09 04:47 am (UTC)love it as always. thank you for this lovely chapter. hwaiting^^