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Nino walked slowly through the hallways of his lord’s house feeling tired and bruised inside as he wished that Ohno Satoshi had never come into their lives. It had been a week since he had returned from his mission to find that Ohno was here. Since stabbing the man with his paralytic poison Ohno had stayed away from him as much as possible and he had even calmed down his flirting behaviour though he had insisted on calling him Tiger. Nino refused to allow it to affect him or at the very least show that it was affecting him. At the change that was between them Sakurai had calmed down again and had allowed him to spend time with his boy and Masaki. The prince’s changed attitude hadn’t stopped Nino from thinking that the man was like a cuckoo coming in and disturbing their nest. Masaki was troubling for him, as he was related to Masayuki, but he could have handled it. He was used to pushing away the memories of him. Ten years was a long time to focus on somebody that he had only spent one night with but he knew that Masayuki had been different those two days that he had given him were something magical and he would treasure it no matter how painful it had been afterwards.

“Tiger…Is it okay if I approach you?” Ohno asked teasingly from behind him and slowly Nino turned his head tilted to one side a vein twitched in the side of his jaw as he stared at the prince. Ohno was standing with his hands up in a submissive pose a bright smile on his face. Nino’s eyes narrowed not trusting the smile that was on his face or the effect that it had on his heart.

“You are free to do as wish, though if you come too close know that I will…” He said as calmly as he possibly could hanging his head and griping his fists tightly against the side of his legs. Ohno chuckled lightly and came over to him his hand coming up to caress a bruise that was on the side of his face just underneath his eye. It was fading now and Nino had hidden it with a lot of face paste that he had developed. His lord hadn’t meant to mark him, they had been training when the lord had moved forward and struck, it had been so fast that Nino hadn’t been to dodge the attack smoothly. It was a sign of how distracted that he had been and his lord had rightly punished him for it. Whatever mission he was going in on with the prince that didn’t want to be a prince he knew that it was going to be difficult. “What do you think you are doing? If you are just here to mess with me again then I suggest that you leave and now…”

“Peace, little tiger…” Ohno murmured as his hand fell away as Nino tensed a low growl emitting from his throat “I came only to talk to you…And I think that it is maybe we should speak of the mission that I have for you…If you wish we can do so in the company of your lord…”
“I think that that would be best…” Nino answered with a nod not relaxing at all even when Ohno took a step away from him. The prince looked him over obviously not liking what he what he was seeing. “Is there something else, my lord?”

“Why? Little Tiger…Why have you not killed him?” Ohno asked in such a hushed tone that Nino had to strain to hear and when he did he couldn’t believe that the words had come out of the prince’s mouth.

“Excuse me?” He hissed and Ohno moved closer again poking at the bruise causing a tiny amount of pain as he told him;

“Your lord…He obviously sees you as no more than a tool, an object that he can own and parade around like just one of his pots…How…When you are as powerful as you are, how do you stop yourself from killing him and freeing yourself and your boy?”

“I do not need to be freed from anything…” Nino growled his hand automatically going to his hair plucking at his needle delighting in the mild twitch around the prince’s eye which told him that he was a little fearful as he looked over the needle that was resting in between his fingers “Again, my lord, you assume too much and know very little…”

“I did not mean to offend you, little Tiger, I assure you that that was not my intent…” Ohno whispered dipping his head into a bow and he folded gracefully in his half exposing his neck. Nino stared at him in confusion his breath almost catching but he swallowed it down. “But are a work of art and you should be treasured…A person with both your skill and beauty…That he could he even think to allow another into the bed that he shares with you…If it were me…”

“It will never be you…” Nino growled tempted to stab the needle into the tanned exposed neck but unable to bring himself to do such a thing even though he was filled with more rage and confusion than he had ever felt before. “I am my lord’s and I will honour him and only him…Do you understand?”

“But why? He has done nothing to deserve such loyalty from you…” Ohno told him quietly his head snapping up and his expression perfectly clear. There was a slight twist to his lips but his eyes were as blank as always. Nino couldn’t find the will to answer the question more so because there wasn’t an easy answer. When the silence had stretched on for a long time Ohno righted himself completely folding his arms over his chest and rubbing his chin with his fingertips as he hummed softly “Or is it that you are in love with him? If that were the case I would think you a fool but I could at least understand it…But I have watched you, little tiger and you do not have the expression of a man in love…So please try and explain the loyalty that you feel to a man that treats you no better than a vase he keeps in his collection…”

“I…I…” Nino spluttered unable to believe that the prince was actually telling him these things here in the middle of his lord’s hallway like he was some maiden and not the poisoned spider. The whole thing felt surreal like a scene from a play and he was even more surprised when he heard Takayuki running up to him with his big smile on his face.

“Nino-sama…” He called grabbing a tight hold of his hands before his smile vanished and he frowned his head tilting to one side concern and confusion in his beautiful eyes “Is something wrong? You look upset! Are you upsetting him?!” The boy asked spinning on his heel and glaring at the prince who once again held up his hands saying;

“We were just talking, little tiger cub, if I said something that might have upset your Nino then I am truly sorry…”

“No…I am not upset…Just tired that is all…” Nino lied forcing his expression to clear as quickly as he could and he even managed to smile at his boy wanting to reassure him. “Our lord has had me as his sparring partner and my muscles are stretched to breaking point…”

“Maybe he should content himself with sparring against somebody else tomorrow…” Ohno said softly his expression changing into something that Nino could almost describe as terrifying. Until he had met the prince there had only ever been one person that he was afraid off but Now that had been changed to two. The prince, for all that he was a quiet charming flirt, was something terrifying. Earlier that week he had visited the two men he had brought from the forest and they had refused point blank to tell him anything about the prince and even threats of his most pain poisons hadn’t been able to move their tongues. Nino was used to fear in other people it was something that he saw everyday but witnessing the terror that Ohno Satoshi could bring was something that terrified as much as it intrigued him. “I promise that it would find it a much more sporting match…”

“You are saying that I am no match…” Nino hissed his eyes on Takayuki who was still oblivious to his true role in the house hold.
“No little tiger…You have a grace and beauty that have never seen before and I think that if we were to fight directly you would have me on my back in under half an hour…But, if I were to fight your master, like he does with you, I would not hold back…”

“You would kill him…” Nino whispered his heart throbbing against his chest and he was glad that Takayuki was there grounding him. Ohno gave a laugh ruffling Takayuki’s hair as he shook his head saying;

“No, little tiger, not yet…The game is not yet over…”

“Who are you…?”

TBC
A/N: Hmm…I’m really not sure about this chapter…I’m sorry, I rewrote and rewrote but it still doesn’t feel right and I needed to set it up for a Sakurai/Ohno fight next >.< I’m sorry for the crap chapter m(_ _)m
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