"So, you're a scum that needs to learn a lesson, eh?" The guard laughed as he licked his lips eagerly. Pulling the whip away from Duo's legs he again flung it forward in an attempt to whip the dusty man in the face. Duo had been prepared this time. He quickly dashed to the side and grabbed the whip with his hand pulling it towards him. Caught of guard, the other man was pulled forward promptly falling face first into the sand.
"What the?!?!"
Duo quickly regained his standing pose by flipping back onto his hands and pushing himself to flip to his feet. After he landed in the dust he held his ground.
"You little scum!! GET HIM!!"
Duo watched as four guards ran towards him promising a painful end to this miserable day.
"STOP!!"
All chatter stopped in an instance. Startled the four guards and the one on the floor looked towards the chariot. The door slowly opened and two servants stepped out holding up a seat with a tired man.
Duo looked in shock as all the guards turned towards this man in utter respect burying their heads to the floor. Duo remained standing and observed the man approaching him. His eyes slowly traveled up to the gold crown on the other man's head. ::Oh shit::
In a jerk motion, the braided man fell to his knees. Duo held his breath as he was completely engulfed by the shadow of the throne. For a moment everything stopped. The steady wind moved through his hair as he contemplated his painful death. When the king finally spoke he jerked as though he was whipped again.
"What is your name?"
Keeping his eyes firmly fixed on the ground Duo forced himself to speak, "D-Duo....sir."
He could feel the king's mighty eyes narrowing on his back. "Look up when I'm speaking to you!"
With this he jerked his head up gazing frightened into the eyes of the very noble of nobles. He'd never been close to any royal before, much less the King. As frightening moments spread, Duo felt that he couldn't avert his eyes from those of the royal man. Suddenly the King nodded and turned his attention to the guard kneeling near Duo.
"Bring the prince."
Immediately the guard got up and very mechanically walked towards the royal carriage. Duo watched as the guard knelt in front of the carriage's door and softly spoke to the person inside. He moved back and after a moment someone could be seen emerging from the cart. Duo held his breath as the young prince slowly exited until he was fully in view.
For a moment Duo forgot to breathe. He was more captivated by the prince than he had been of the King. Prince Heero looked like a true royal dressed in very dark velvet, his hands were covered by black silk gloves. As the wind blew his cape to the side Duo could see a glistening royal sword. He swallowed hard as the shining of the medal made the whole picture even more captivating.
It wasn't until the prince looked up however that Duo felt his heart stop. ::His eyes::
Never in his life had Duo ever seen eyes more beautiful than those he saw now. The prince's deep blue eyes bore into him with annoyance but that passion made them even more surreal.
The prince silently approached never breaking his gaze from Duo's. Shortly Heero thought of how unique the color of Duo's eyes were. He'd never seen violet before. The farmer's eyes seemed to shine with truth and passion. Heero found that even though he was very irritated with the whole situation, he couldn't deny that they were beautiful.
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