"He's my home" // Prince!Mikaela x Pirate!Yuichiro//

4. Books

Mikaela's eyes gleamed. He didn't know what to say while the green eyed male laughed at his excitement.

"I shouldn't get my hopes up.. In what way could you help us?" Mikaela asked, intrigued at Yūichirō's proposal.

The navy haired boy sat up, rubbing his head from previously colliding it with the wall. "I own a ship, and an entire crew. It's currently in the neighbouring town but me and two of my members are here on a little dingy boat."

"Oh and um.. my butler also is coming, he's protective.. will there be enough room?" Mikaela interrupted which left Yūichirō to think for a while.

"I mean she could stay home.. she's not much help anyways, plus she's annoying. I need backup though.. incase something goes wrong." He thought while staring into the blue eyes of the other.

The blonde smirked and mocked Yūichirō of their first encounter. "Like something you see?" He gigged soon after, making Yūichirō snap out of his thoughts.

"Sorry Mika, I was lost in thought. But, there will be enough room. I'll send her back to the ship on the day, since she's my right hand woman. It'll only be the five of us!" Yūichirō smiled but them few sentences left Mikaela with questions.

"She? Five? Who's the fifth person..?"

"Ah yes. The girl I was referring to 'she' is my right hand woman, like I said, Shinoa. And the fifth person, is a boy named Yoichi, he's not necessarily important but more like my moral support. Make sense?" Mika nodded his head eagerly, wanting Yūichirō to talk more.

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An hour went past and it was now 7pm, the sun had fully set and it was dark. Only until there was a chain reaction of candles all around the cave was set off.

"Where did you learn to do that..?" Yūichirō asked Mikaela who was smiling that they worked for once. Yūichirō was amazed that there was no trigger to set off the reaction.

Mikaela said nothing and just opened up one of the books there. He pointed at the page of 'easy magic spells for young magic users'. The page he was at had a small bit of it missing. Nobody knew was that part was about, since it was gone since Mikaela got the book. Yūichirō gasped at the sight of not only the page but the whole book.

Yūichirō's aura went dark at the sight of the book and he looked at the blonde who was scared with the sudden change of energy in the cave. "Yuu..?" Was all the blonde was able to blurt out before he was grabbed by the throat and pinned to the wall of the cave. Mikaela gripped into Yūichirō's wrist, scared for his life.

"What're you do-" "Where did you find that book." Yūichirō cut Mikaela off with a stern, demanding voice, making the blonde look at him right in the eyes while trying to act confident. But in reality, Mikaela was scared, scared of what he was going to do.

"Get the fuck off of me Yūichirō. If you don't I'll get guards to imprison you." Mikaela matched Yūichirō's voice from before but he was still quivering. Yūichirō's aura went back to normal and he let go of Mikaelas throat. The blonde fell on the pillows, gasping to regain his breath.

"Mika.. I'm so so sorry! I don't know what came over me.. please forgive me!" Yūichirō lied. He knew exactly what that was that came over him.

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5 years ago..

"Saotome! Where the fuck is the book that god forsaken wizard gave me?!" The captain shouted from his office clearly agitated.

In fact, the book the Captain was looking for was one of the most informative books out there in the pirate life. It talks of treasures, magic spells for the advanced magic users and beginners. But for the captain it was more like a newspaper.. as the book talked about his ship. Moon demon was the name. Most of the rumours have been false, but it's always funny to read what people think of you. But that wasn't the only reason why the captain of Moon Demon wanted that book.

It had a whole map leading to one of the most magically powerful items of all time. The cursed gem was hidden by the so call 'gods', and it was only a matter of time before the captain had his hands on it. He was a greedy man who cared for nothing other than power and treasure. There was a few occasions where he cared for two members of his crew but that's it.

"Sir!" The boy the captain had called for burst through the office doors, panting and soaking from the storm outside. "The book, it, it, fell over board! The winds too strong out there!"

The captains aura changed from simply being angry, to dark, very dark. He grabbed the boy by the throat and lifted him up while the boy struggled to get out of the captains grip. "You or another one of those useless crew mates will find that book or I'll kill every one of you!" The captain dropped the boy and sat back in his seat, his aura going back to angry.

"Captain.. she ended ripping off half the map, you just need the rest of the book!" The boy on the floor winced while holding his throat with one hand and the other giving the captain the ripped paper.

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Mikaela shot a glare at the boy beside him. He sat up still slightly coughing from being choked. "I found it at the docs when I was 11.. why is it so important to you anyways?" Yūichirō rubbed the back of his neck, nervous that their relationship would end over his temper.

"That book.. Theres only one copy from what I've heard. I just... I'm kind of a collector of sorts, so I like rare books. Can we just forget it happened? Please.." Yūichirō sighed and gave a reassuring smile to the blonde.

"Only if I get something in return mr 'collector', if we're going to forget about you potentially committing treason against the prince." Mikaela sat up and smirked to the navy haired boy, making him gulp nervously.

"And what might that be, your majesty?" Yūichirō bowed slightly, well from what he could when he was sitting down. It made Mikaela giggle from the sudden formality before answering back.

"A goodbye kiss, since I need to leave." The prince smiled innocently with a slight sadness hinted at. Yūichirō blushed slightly and looked away, before leaning in and softly kissing the prince. Much to his surprise Mikaela kissed back their lips moving in sync for a while before Yūichirō pulled away.

"You should go.. I don't want the kingdom coming after me for making the Prince late." Mika just gave him a slight smile and nodded, taking the boys hand and walking out the cave.

"Your free right tomorrow, right Mika?"

"Ummm.. probably, but I'll have to hang out with the princess, why?"

"It's even better the princess will be there. I'll meet you at the cave around noon. Make sure to come with your princess so we can explain more of the plan."

"Deal, I'll see you tomorrow. Okay?"

The two boys gave each other a smile and separated from eachother. One meeting up with his crew, the other heading back up to the castle.