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The three boys were walking to their room. They didn’t want to talk about everything that happened so they just walked in silent.
When they reached and entered their room was like a weight was lifted of them. They just feel like they could breathe again. And that moment of ease was enough to make them fell in the floor and to make little Akihito cries once again.
“Aki-chan, don’t cry, all is ok. We are finally in our room, and we are safe.” Say Kou cleaning Akihito`s tears.
“B..but it was all m..” was saying Akihito until Takato interrupt him.
“It wasn’t you fault. Please understand already. We are brothers and you are our baby brother of course we will protect you if something like that were to happen. Or what you think, that we could just stay put will that group of bastards hurt you?” Takato was trying to be all the calm that he could.
“But Taku-chan.”
“Nothing just let it go ok.” Takato took his hand once again and brought him for a hug. “Don’t worry we will always be there for you, for what are brothers if not for helping each other out” Takato says giving a reassuring smile to both his brothers.
“Ok” at last Akihito stopped crying and the three of them stayed hugging in the floor for some minutes. “You know Taku-chan I have a loooot to tell you, and something to ask you, is very important” he was fidgeting and nervous.
“Me too, little one. I want to know how you know the prince, and please don’t lie.” Takato had a serious face. He gets up of the floor and helped both boys to get up too. They sat in their bed. They have a medium size bed for the three of them.
“That`s what I want to tell you, I had a wonderful day. You remember when I tell you what happened with the prince and the basket this morning and that Mari come for me after lunch time” both Takato and Kou nodded. “Well I did tell you too that he said that he wanted to go out with a companion” the both of then nodded again. “Well the companion was ME” Akihito says with a big and bright smile on his face.
That really surprised Kou and Takato. The great grant prince inviting out a servant. That really was suspicious.
“Ok babe you have to tell all in detail” this time was Kou the one to talk with a serious face.
“Ok. Well when I went……” Akihito narrated all that happened with the prince that day. And yes he too talked about the kiss and all what it made him feel. In the last with a very red face and sparkle in his eyes he asked. “Takato, I wanted to asked you what it means” little Akihito was ashamed but the curiosity was major.
“Oh, unm you see…. Well Aki I don’t know really what are you referring to?” Takato was trying with his entire mind to take the conversation to other topic.
“Is just that when he k..kiss me I feel, I really don’t know how to described it, it just like a million butterflies in my stomach flying everywhere. And I feel nauseous and nervous all at the same time. It just so confuse but I always want to be near him, I know that it’s bad because he`s the prince but I can’t help it, he makes me nauseous but I still want him near, you think that this is strange?” he was staring to freak out, his brothers just keep looking at him like he grew a second head, then they looked at each other for some seconds and looked at him once again.
“Please say something, you`re scaring me” Akihito`s hand were sweating he really was nervous.
“You see baby boy, the thigh is that you sound like a love bird” Takato was laughing nervously.
“Yes Aki-chan, are you in love with the prince?” Kou was very direct with his question.
Aki didn’t answered but his face reveled all, he flushed red like a red rose. He fell nervous all over again and didn’t know how to answer that question. He knew in his mind that it was impossible for him to feel that towards the prince. But his little heart skipped a beat like yelling YES for all that were near him to hear and the message was well received by both Kou and Takato.
“We`ll take that as a yes” both guys stared to laugh and joke a little.
“But that’s no possible. He`s the prince and I`m just a servant” Akihito says nearly crying once again. He remembered all what the other servants said to him.
“You know honey the heart don’t know titles” says Takato will getting up of the bed and stared to take his clothes off.
“That’s true just look at us, who would though that we will be with the most serious guys of the kingdom. We`re cheerful and talkative, but our lovers are quite and serious. You don’t rule the heart you just have to give things time. If the prince is really for you, you`ll come together. But don’t put things so easy for him ok. If he comes to like you, he has to gain you. No because he is the prince he can get all that he wants so easily, is that clear?” Kou was being very serious. Thing that was rare in him, but Aki understood so he nodded.
“So, we already cleared your doubt, it’s time to sleep, so come you two take your clothes off and put you nightgowns on, we have to get up early tomorrow”
“I don’t think that I can sleep much” says Akihito sighing.
“You have to try, you don’t do heavy work but you still have to get up early like all the servants here, and today was a rough day for you” Takato approach Akihito and stared to help him take his clothes off. Aki let him, his brothers knew about his secret after all. When he had the shirt off, Takato helped him take the bandages that compressed his little boobs. Akihito gives a sigh of relief. He gets up and took his pant off too and took the nightgown from Kou`s hand.
When they finished clothing again Takato turn off nearly all the candles that were in their room, he just let a little one on, and went to bed. Akihito lies down in the middle, Kou in the right side and Takato on the left side of bed, said their good nights and went to sleep.
------------------------------------Early the next day-------------------------------
“Kou, Akihito come on. Wake up buddies we have a lot of things to do today.” Takato says for the third time. They really have rough dreams.
“Just a minute Takato” Kou says still in dreamland.
“No uh. Wake up. You know that the two of us have to help out the gardener today.”
Akihito, who already was awake and just wanted to play around with his brother, gets up suddenly when he hears that. “Really can I go too?” he says with a lot of enthusiasm. He loved the garden it was his second favorite place in the whole kingdom, being the first the kitchen of course. That’s because his mother was one of the cooks and in his eyes the best of all and there they had a lot of good memories will she teach him.
“No you can’t. You know that you`re no good at physical job. You can injure yourself.” Talks Takato with a serious voice while changing his clothes.
“B..but I promise no to do anything that can hurt me. I`ll just go and help plant some flowers. Pretty please Oni-Chan” ant that was all. Takato and Kou always do what Aki ask when he uses that word and more if he uses the puppy face too. That was just too adorable.
“Ok. But just plant some flower and up to the kitchen are we clear” Takato just give up. He can’t deny his baby brother anything.
“Wooow. Did you give up so easily?” Kou was doing all that he could to just no star laughing like a maniac.
“Stop having fun at my cost. And better star changing clothes you two if you don’t want to be late.” And that was it. They both changed their clothes. Akihito with Takato`s help to bandaged his boobs once again. He really didn’t like it. But his mom always said that he had to, and that it was for his own protection. He didn’t understand. But he is a good boy so he does it.
When they finished they clean up their room and went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast. Akihito has luck; he didn’t have to prepare breakfast yet. The master cook who was his sensei said that he just has to help out during the afternoon and evening meals, so he has every morning off-duty. Though he uses the morning hours to practice his plates. Today was a good day and he has a lot of time without being in the garden.
When they entered the kitchen they were all surprised. At those hours of the morning (it is six o`clock) just the servants were there. (The cooks come to the kitchen at seven to star the breakfast of the royal family.) And they have all the liberty of using what they like of the kitchen while the cooks weren’t there. So that hours the kitchen was full of people talking and yelling and trashing things while preparing their own food. And the situation was like that, at last until the three of then entered the room.
When they opened the door it was like mice eat everyone tongues. They all fell silent. And while Kou and Takato knew why and didn’t care, Akihito was fidgeting a little. All of them were acting strange towards then and he didn’t know why. The thing is that in that castle the gossip of the servants was like a red of information. If you wanted to know everything about everyone you just have to ask a servant. And they all knew of what happened the night before. At last they knew what was important the prince punished the others servant and let go of that three. So they all sees then as favorites or something like that.
The three of them always were mistreated. The things calmed a bit for Kou and Takato when they stared to go out with the prince`s secretary and bodyguard. But it was worst for Aki. The things that the servants couldn’t do or say at Kou and Takato were done or said to him. But he didn’t care. He was very happy just because his brothers were and to no ruin their happiness he keeps quiet about it.
Takato and Kou acted calm and composed. They went for something light to eat. It was early after all and if they are going to do something hard they didn’t wanted to throw up their breakfast. Akihito did the same as his brothers. He was a heavy eater but later when anyone could stare at him like now he could come and prepare something to himself.
Each of the took a glass of lemon juicy and apple. Rare combination but they like it. Eat it and clean up what they used then went for the door, and that’s when the gossip began.
*did you hear what happened last night*
*I can’t believe that our great prince protect this garbage*
*I didn’t see or hear anything of the others since then, did you hear anything*
*piece of trash*
*you were the ones that provoke the havoc and no were punished for it*
That were some of the things that they hear. It were whispers but were enough loud for then to hear. Kou and Takato knew that they did it to molest the, and didn’t care. But they knew too that their hurtful word were gonna hurt his brother.
The both of then looked at Akihito and were surprise to see that he was fine. Like real fine. No in the verge of tear. He looked fine enough at last on the outside. So the three of them just continued to walk to the garden.
Takato when they were out of hearing of the other could hold on any longer and asked. Worried. “Aki-chan are you ok honey?”
“Yes. I know that you are worried but I’m fine ok”
“Baby if you wanna cry is ok. You know that right” Kou says serious too.
“Uh hum. But I don’t want to. I want to be strong like you two. I was thinking of what we talked last night you know. And I made a conclusion.”
Kou and Takato looked at each other. Akihito was serious they could see it in his eyes. And if he wanted to be stronger, they would help him with pleasure. They already were tired that all the others always wanted to take advantage of Akihito. They knew that he was a good guy and that he couldn’t say no easily and they took advantage of that.
“You know that you can count on us” Kou says.
“But you have to explain what is that decision that you made, well later I suppose” Takato said that because the gardeners were already yelling at them to move it.
“Ok.” It was a low whisper like a cares of the wind, but very purposeful.