Against His Will part 105

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“My Sprite…Your code stressed my greatly but I am determined that I will crack it…Eventually…When I get more information from you…As to your question I thought that I would be able to give you a simple answer, my favourite colour from youth has always been purple…Or at least lilac, but as I sat down to write this letter for you I realised that my colour has changed and become less certain and more varied. I think that one of my new favourite colours is pink…Or at the very least the pink that forms when you blush, it is such a delicate shade that I would love to be able to capture it. My second favourite new colour is the brown of your eyes. I confess that until I met you I thought the colour brown was a rather dull colour…The colour of mud and tree trunks but now I find myself bewitched each time I look into your eyes because they are ever changing, one day they can be so dark they look black but the next they can appear golden when caught in the light. I find that a deeply incredible sight. There is also the pink of your lips which, believe me is different from the pink of your cheeks…

It is darker like the petals of a soft rose...And I have also become fond of the black of your hair as I have decided that it looks almost blue in the light…Such as when we were dancing on the night of our ball…I wish that I could go back to that night, if I could I would have kept you on the dancefloor and I would have told you that you were the most beautiful person in the room…I apologise that I have drifted away from the question that you asked…But I think that I will tell you that my favourite colour is the colour of Kazunari as I have become so entranced by you…My question…What is your favourite thing to eat? I myself enjoy sweetened biscuits with a touch of honey and milk…Until your next letter I will leave you with ancient poem; she is one girl, there is no one like her. She is more beautiful than any other. Look, she is a star goddess arising at the beginning of a happy new year; brilliantly white, bright skinned; with beautiful eyes for looking, with sweet lips for speaking; she has not one phrase too many. . .”

Kazu blushed deeply as he dropped his second courtship letter into his lap. It was obvious that his husband had jumped a head very quickly by writing that way but as theirs was not a traditional courtship he knew that he could not be too bothered about such a thing. The poem was incredibly beautiful if written strangely and he re-read the words a few more times his heart dancing around in his heart. His eyes moved around the room to look at his husband. Jun was talking with his brothers, Ethan and Jonah seemed to have calmed down in their teasing of their brother and now they appeared to be having a serious conversation.

“Ethan is deeply glad that his brother is okay…” Esme told him from her position at his side and Kazu nodded biting on his bottom lip before whispering;

“Will you tell my husband that I have returned to our room? I wish to write my courtship letter?”

“Of course…” Esme nodded with a smile and Kazu nodded his head again before silently getting to his feet and heading out into the hallway. His mind on what he was going to write. Not trusting himself to find his way through the network of servants’ passageways he kept to the main corridors and somehow he found himself on the main staircase shocked when he saw his brother coming towards him. He had assumed that Yuichi had already left the palace. The older man scowled at him through red rimmed eyes his lips twisting into something that became a bitter resemblance of a smile.

“Brother…Enjoy your moment in the light…”Yuichi hissed as they passed on the step, his voice low and threatening causing Kazu to tremble violently his stomach twisting into painful knots “It will not last for much longer…”

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Masaki smiled at the king who was standing over him with his hands behind his back. They had been in the king’s study for almost an hour and so far all they had done was play chess. He hadn’t been very good, in fact he had lost all three of the games, but Satoshi had seemed happy. The king hadn’t explained to him why he was here but he suspected that it had a lot to do with what his husband had already told him. The way the older man was looming over him was making him feel nervous though and he swallowed down a lump trying to stay as relaxed as possible determined to show that he was confident of making this decision even though nothing could be further from the truth.

“Masaki, my dear child…” The king said finally speaking as he sat himself down on a sturdy but small table his arms folding neatly over his chest and his eyes fixed onto his “I am sure that your husband has already told you what has befallen his father the former Duke…?”

“Yes, your majesty, I am sorry that you were troubled by family problems…” Masaki whispered nodding his head low and the king let out a bark of laughter that rolled around the room and bathing Masaki in more warmth than a fire would manage.

“Nonsense…It was no trouble on my part, the man in a self-important windbag, the only reason I have not had him arrested before is that I consider his son to be a very intelligent young man, in fact I have great hopes that one day he will be the head of my council…”

“Your majesty…You mean…”

“In a few years, Sho will become my lord Chancellor…The role that Lord Ninomiya wished for himself…So before then I hope that you will fully drive away all of the stiffness that his family has installed into him…” Satoshi gave him another smile and reached across the gap that was between them squeezing his hand tightly “The position is well suited for your husband, my current chancellor recommended him as well…But as I am rather fond of my current Lord Chancellor it will not be until he has passed away…”

“I wish him a long life…And…Um…I also thank-you for favouring my husband, Sho is a good and honest man…I have caused him so many problems…”

“With his family you mean? They are not worth the time it takes to speak with them…How Sho came from such stock I will never know…They clearly did not see your worth…” Satoshi paused in his little speech his eyes growing sad and thoughtful as he hummed “I knew your father once, it was only for a short time but I liked him…He lost at chess too…But like you it was because he hated to see his pawns go first…’If a man cannot protect his people then he is not a man at all…’ I once requested that he take a seat at court…He refused…Sho believes that I brought you here today to offer you his father’s place in court but I do not…I offer you the place that your father would have taken if he had lived…I have here a letter that he wrote to me fifteen years ago, it is not overly personal…But if you would like please read it and then I will ask you my question…”

TBC

A/N: I really hope that people are still liking this one >.< It is so long winded I know >.< The poem Jun quoted it actually from an Ancient Egyptian Papyrus from around 1000 BC, and I love it so I hope that you like it a clearer version for you here;

She is one girl, there is no one like her.
She is more beautiful than any other.
Look, she is a star goddess arising
At the beginning of a happy new year;
Brilliantly white, bright skinned;
With beautiful eyes for looking,
With sweet lips for speaking;
She has not one phrase too many. . .
It is so sweet and simple but so beautiful J

Comments

[nadzmiya.livejournal.com]

wow ancient egypt? never read those or know it .
Its beautiful and imagine it as nino ..clearly..
Thanks for sharing it

Thank You! :D

[br-arashi.livejournal.com]

Beautiful chapter on both parts!
Can't wait to see Nino's answer to Jun's words.

[ralatoindah.livejournal.com]

If I were Kazunari, I'd die grinning while reading that letter!!! OMG, how romantic of Jun!!! My heart melts, kyaaaaaaa!!!!! I wonder what will Kazunari write on his next letter :D.
Oh no, Yuichi!!! What's his plan? >,
’If a man cannot protect his people then he is not a man at all…’ ---> I'd definitely fall for Masaki's father too!!!

PS: of course I still like this story!!! I hope Kazunari will get "healed" soon, and realizes that he truly loves Jun :').

[saru-k.livejournal.com]

Thanks for sharing, Krys! :DDD

[leiva21]

I love this story! It's not boring at all.
My heart melts reading the matsumiya part, so sweet <3

[gambitsfox.livejournal.com]

A lot going on in such a short chapter! Loved the poem. : )