Lessons of the heart

Night and Day

And now for some poetry:

Things base and vile, holding no quality,

Love can transpose to form and dignity.

Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind,

And therefor is winged Cupid painted blind.

Nor hath love's mind of any judgement taste-

Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.

And therefor is love said to be a child,

Because in choice he is so oft beguiled.

~Shakespeare - A Midsummer Night's Dream~

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It might have been around 8 AM in the morning that the maid who usually changed the bedsheets in Heine's room, sounded the alarm, claiming Heine-Sensei was nowhere to be found and his bed had not been slept in. No one had any idea as to where the Royal Tutor would have gone off to.

When the news reached the Princes' ears, they looked at one another in disbelief. There was no way their professor would leave without as much as a goodbye, would he? Even when he resigned from his post as Royal Tutor, he bid them farewell. Even more unlikely was the fact that Heine could have been kidnapped. By who and what for?

"We have to find Heine!"

Leonhard exclaimed, not planning on just sitting here and wait for Heine to come walking in. He couldn't possibly have gone far.

"Neh, Leo-nii, Heine-Sensei probably just went to meet someone and hasn't returned back home since last night."

Licht waved his hand, chuckling softly. It almost made him admire his Tutor as it would appear he had some game.

Once again, he got a firm smack on the back of his head from Bruno.

"Stop with your obscenities! I am quite sure Master is not that kind of person. To even think of him that way would be indecent. Then again, that is all you are Licht..."

"Bru-nii, you are just being jealous."

Licht pouted before leaning back on the sofa and draped his one arm over the back.

"Well, I guess we can now be sure that Heine-Chan has someone he has feelings for... since I am no longer allowed to use certain words without causing Bru-nii to blush."

"It surprises me to know we are related, sometimes."

Bruno huffed before getting on his feet and standing right next to Leonhard.

"Leonhard is right. We ought to look for Master and make sure he's alright. If anything happened to us, he would do the same thing. In fact he has done that... When Kai was captured..."

Kai gave a small nod, agreeing on what Bruno said.

"Sensei... needs help..."

He told his brothers.

"He did not look well... but he did not want to talk... I did not ask any further."