Wonderland in the Dark

Chapter 2

"Do you have any questions So-chan?"

Questions? He had a lot of them, maybe they could answer them. "How do I get home?" he started off.

"No idea, I never heard of a way of out of Wonderland. Maybe the White King knows" Tamaki shrugged.

"Can you lead me to him?"

"I mean we could but we haven't even finished our tea party" Mitsuki replied.

Sogo just gave him a look as to say 'are you serious'. The shorter boy just ignored the look, drinking his tea calmly. If everyone he met was going to be like this, it would get annoying fast. Tamaki handed him a plate with some cake on it.

"Won't this make me grow?"

The two laughed at his question. "This isn't the Eat Me cake. Our desserts and drinks are completely normal. Trust me, it's delicious!" Tamaki said.

He sighed and took a bite of the cake. He didn't normally like sweet things, he much preferred spicy food. He'd rather endure it than risk angering them, but he wanted to at least ask. "Don't you have anything spicy? I'm not good with sweets" 

"Spicy? Not really, just what we have on the tables. You don't need to eat the food, just drink some tea at least" Tamaki replied. "Once you've had your fill, we'll disband. Mikki can you make sure Rikkun gets home?"

The shorter boy nodded as they continued talking about things he didn't understand. He quietly stood up and walked over to Riku. The Dormouse was mumbling in his sleep, it was honestly cute.  Poking him, Riku opened his eyes a bit and looked to him questioningly. 

"Sorry to wake you. I'm curious about what you're dreaming of Riku-kun" he smiled to him, hoping Riku would have a conversation him. "Mm..About our next tea party...it's supposed be *yawn* with the king.." he muttered.

The three must really like tea parties if it was all they did, talked about and thought about. 

"Riku-kun, do you know Kujo-san?"

"Huh..? Who? *mumble mumble* Oh..the trump soldier..kind of. I think the others said he tries messing with me..*yawn* but I don't pay attention so.." he replied, resting his head on his arms.

He felt kind of bad for Riku, he was being taken advantage of and he didn't even realize it. It didn't help that he seemed constantly tired or asleep. Patting him on the headhe let him fall back asleep. Honestly he wondered what Riku was like when he was fully awake, if he ever was. Still he did look like a nice person and quite innocent.

"You know we trust Rikkun with a lot of secrets. Since he's almost always asleep he never reveals anything. Sometimes he actually forgets he was told anything. It's only bad if he forgets important information he was supposed to keep secret from anyone but tell specific people" Tamaki explained.

Well at least he was trusted by others to keep their secrets, just to have a bit of a downside. It's to be expected. He learned that Tamaki and Mitsuki didn't do much but have tea parties and occasionally visited their friends and the king. Though he didn't understand why it was called a mad tea party. To which they simply replied with 'we're mad'.

After they finished what seemed like their fourth cup of tea, Tamaki announced the party was over. Mitsuki stood up, shaking Riku awake before leading the drowsy boy to the forest.

"Follow us, the kingdom isn't far from here. Stay close or you'll get lost" 

Nodding, he followed the young boy as they went back to the forest he had come from. At least he won't risk getting lost with the Hatter leading the way. Though the comment of its 'not being far' seemed to be an understatement. It was much farther than he claimed. Almost a twenty minute wake. Maybe to them that wasn't far, but that was a lot of walking.

By time they reached the kingdom, which wasn't to big but obviously quite busy with how many houses, shops and people there was, his legs ached. "Can..can we please stop for a few minutes...my legs are killing him.." he asked. Tamaki nodded and helped him to a bench. Hopefully no one would question why he was wearing a dress when he was clearly a boy. Luckily, no one did. Mitsuki and Riku had left the two, they probably lived somewhere in the kingdom.

"Told you it wasn't far" he smirked. All he got in response was a glare, he must of known it was farther than he said. He purposely lead him to think they might of gotten lost or something. Sometimes he really did think that when they were walking, constantly asking if they're lost or almost there. Only to have him reply they're almost there.

"Next time, say the truth"

"That was the truth. You're probably just not used to walking that much" he smiled innocently.

"So where is the castle.."

He pointed to the distant castle it had a small incline with a path leading up to it. It was another five or ten minutes away, depending on how crowded the streets were. Great, even more walking. He glared daggers at the boy who just laughed. Once they were rested they began their walk again. Sogo didn't pay attention to any of his surroundings.

When they reached the hill he noticed there was a small river and a bridge so they could cross and attached to the path. Crossing over and walking up the hill they finally reached the castle. The guards opened the doors almost immediately once they saw Tamaki was with him.

"We're on good terms with the king, aren't you glad I stayed with you?"

"Just get walking.." he sighed.

The younger boy laughed again as they walked through the main hall, eventually reaching the throne room. 

"Hey Yukirin! We have a new guest in Wonderland" Tamaki said, signaling to Sogo. "He wants to know if there's a way to leave"

"It's nice to meet you. As for a way to leave, I have idea sorry. No one has ever thought of finding a way out of our world, though I'm sure there is one" Yuki explained.

That was disappointing, how was he ever going to get home now. He sighed thinking about what to do now. Why did he have to let his curiousity get the better of him.

"For now, Tamaki-kun please take care of him. I'll try to see what I can do to help your situation"

"Right. Come on So-chan, we can see him again in a few days. That's when the tea party is set"

He said nothing as he followed Tamaki, waving goodbye to Yuki, he smiled and nodded in return. This was going to be one strange experience. Never once did he think he'd end up in an entirely different with supposedly no way home. But then it happened and now all he wanted was to go home.