Lessons of the heart

Royalty and Tutor

Take all my loves, my love, yea, take them all:

What hast thou then more than thou hadst before?

No love, my love, that thou mayst true love call—

All mine was thine before thou hadst this more.

Then if for my love thou my love receivest,

I cannot blame thee for my love thou usest;

But yet be blamed if thou this self deceivest

By wilful taste of what thyself refusest.

I do forgive thy robb'ry, gentle thief,

Although thou steal thee all my poverty;

And yet love knows it is a greater grief

To bear love's wrong than hate's known injury.

Lascivious grace, in whom all ill well shows,

Kill me with spites, yet we must not be foes.

~Shakespeare - Sonnet 40~

I thought I should start of with another poem... I love Shakespeare, thank you very much for ever existing and writing such wonderful things :P

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They had gotten some supplies yet again, mostly food such as bread, apples, this time even a small treat namely pastries, thanks to Viktor's generosity. Heine had given up on questioning Viktor's willingness to help them out with his own money, which he probably didn't even have to work for. Whatever Heine would tell him, Viktor didn't get discouraged. After a while, it had gotten tiresome and Heine didn't want to argue about it for a very interesting reason. It made Viktor smile and seeing him smile was like a medicine to the soul. The young man had admitted to himself that he had certain feelings for the blond but he would keep it to himself. Cherish it and keep it close to his heart for now. It was all for the best because there was no way on earth that any noble would care for a poor orphan in that same way.

"You know, tomorrow we should go get some blankets. I earned about 5 Kreutzer doing odd jobs for this merchant. Combine that with what we have left from our shopping and we could easily get about 3 new blankets, which is a lot more than I thought at first."

A hint of a smile could be heard in Heine's voice. Even the mere thought of Heine smiling, made Viktor's heart beat faster. This went beyond friendship and he feared someone would hear his heartbeat.

"I suppose so... oh, on a different but not unrelated topic, have you been able to practice your counting skills?"

Viktor asked curiously, only to be met with an 'are you serious' look Heine gave him from over his shoulder.

"When do you suppose I do that? I haven't gotten a minute's rest. I have been working, looking out for all the children, making sure they didn't get caught or in trouble and that they are all being fed. Taking care of them is my number one priority Viktor."

"Oh, I see... Well... maybe we can do that today as well."

Viktor sounded way too cheerful about this, it irked Heine as he had other things to do as well.