Yaku literally flew into his bed and barricated himself with pillows. He was too tired.
He couldn't sleep the whole time they were in the Crow Forest, mostly because of weird sounds and knights walking around and securing the area. As a matter of fact, he even walked back to the river and took a late night swim (when Kuroo heard this he almost had a heart attack).
So now he was back in his room and ready to rest, but he heard a knock on his door.
"Yes?" he asked sleepily.
"Your majesty, I have news" Kuroo spoke and opened the door. He walked to Yaku's bed and sat down.
"The King told me to tell you that tomorrow there will be another trip" Kuroo said and smiled at the sleepy prince.
"Uhm.. Yeah, I'll go.. Just let me rest now.." Yaku mumbled. He felt Kuroo stand up and fix his covers before walking out.
Kuroo knew how tired Yaku was, he was awake most of the time aswell. He cared too much about Yaku.
Yaku told him that if someone ever has a sword pressed to his neck, Kuroo shouldn't try to save him and save himself instead. But Kuroo knew that if that ever happened he would give away his life to save Yaku's.
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Yaku managed to sleep for around 15 hours. He went to sleep at 3 PM and woke up at 5 AM next day when Kuroo woke him up for breakfast.
He felt full of energy and practically jumped all the way to the dining hall. His parents were pretty shocked to see him so energetic.
"So, where are we going?" he asked as he sat down to the table and grabbed some bread.
"To our old friends. My father was really good friends with the King of that Kingdom" Yaku's father said.
"Well?" Yaku asked impatiently.
"Haiba Kingdom. The coldest kingdom out of all, rich with silver and diamonds" his father finally revealed the secret.
Yaku gasped loudly. He had been dying to visit the Haiba grounds.
He once again picked out the same outfit and got Kuroo to help him get on his horse. He was so energetic, so happy, so excited.
The trip wasn't supposed to be long, not that it mattered anyway.
Kuroo decided to tag along again, this time he swore to himself to not let Yaku go somewhere without him. And so the trip began.
Travelling through tiny birch forests and fields wasn't exactly fun, but Kuroo was more than enough to keep everyone in high spirits.
"Do you know any legends about this place?" Yaku asked. Kuroo thought for a second.
"It's not a legend. It's a real story. Still up for it?" Kuroo said. His tone was calm.
"Of course. I'm always up for stories" Yaku smiled at Kuroo and waited for him to start telling the story.
"It wasn't that long ago. In these fields there stood a village. A small village of around 100 people. They weren't the happiest, trips to forests and trips for water took pretty long. The village was mainly old people, but there were a few kids. Those kids trained to be strong, some managed, some didn't. And then the kings of a few kingdoms arrived, they took the kids in order to raise them strong, the villagers moved into other kingdoms too, but it's said that mothers of those kids never moved on and are still living in these grounds" Kuroo finished talking.
"Tetsurou, you forgot to add that you were one of those kids" the king chuckled.
Yaku let out a weird shriekand looked at Kuroo with a questioning look.
"Yes, I was one of the kids. There was also Tobio, Kyoutani and... And Kenma.." Kuroo sighed loudly. Yaku spotted a frown on his face.
"I hope you'll meet them again some time" Yaku gave Kuroo a reassuring look.
Just 30 minutes later they saw it, the gates to the Haiba Kingdom. It was majestic. You could clearly see the mountains behind the kingdom, surrounded by dark forests. The closer they got, the colder it was. But something was calling Yaku. Some unseen force was dragging Yaku to the Kingdom.
Everything went almost the same way it did when they arrived to the Iwaizumi kingdom. They were greeted and led to the castle.
But then something different happened.
A guy approached them. Long-ish brown hair, golden eyes, almost the same height as Yaku.
"Welcome! It's an honor to meet you, please follow m---" he froze in a middle of the sentence.
Yaku followed his gaze and turned around. He was looking at Kuroo.
"G-Guards!! Lead the r-royal family to the main hall!" the guy yelled, Yaku could see him holding back the tears.
"Morisuke.. Go ahead.. I'll catch up later" Kuroo said quietly.
Yaku didn't think much and went ahead, following his father.
As soon as all people were gone Kenma took small steps towards Kuroo. Those small steps soon turned into him running and he practically jumped into Kuroo's arms, crying quietly into his chest.
"I-I thought I'd never see you again...." Kenma said in between the sobs.
Kuroo, who was known for being physically and emotionally strong, couldn't bear it anymore and let a few tears roll down.
"K-Kenma... I missed you so much" He said and tightened his grip, hugging Kenma tightly.
After a minute he let go. Kuroo raised his hand and wiped Kenma's tears off.
"Don't cry, I'm here now, aren't I?" Kuroo smiled at him.
Meanwhile Yaku and his father reached the main hall.
"Now remember, while I meet the king and the queen, you go and talk with the prince and the princess. I hear their daughter is a beauty that this world hasn't seen" his father said before the doors opened.
The king and the queen hurried to greet both of them. Just as Yaku had heard - silver hair really was the sign of the royal family here.
Wait, silver hair?
Yaku said his greeting and followed a maid to a different room where the children of the king were supposed to be.
"Princess Alisa is currently in her room, she'll be here a couple of minutes later. For now, please meet our reckless prince" the maid smiled at him and left him standing at the door.
He opened the door slowly and walked in, keeping his head low. He raised it only to meet the green emerald eyes he wanted to see since the night at the river.
"LEV?!"
"MORISUKE?!"
Yaku literally slammed the door behind him and pressed his back against the wall, breathing heavily.
"Wait, wait, wait YOU'RE A PRINCE?!" Yaku practicality screamed.
"I have the same question for you!!" Lev said.
It took them both around a minute to calm down.
"Okay.. Let's talk about this.. " Yaku said and sat down in front of Lev.
"Yeah.. I am the prince of the Haiba Kingdom. My name is Haiba Lev.. And you are... Yaku Morisuke..the prince of Yaku Kingdom.." Lev was still breathing heavily.
"Yes.. Damnit, why didn't you tell me? And how the hell did you sneak into my kingdom that day?!" Yaku had so many questions and yet the most important question didn't seem to leave his mouth.
"I was scared! And.. I sneaked in.." Lev seemed genuily sorry.
"Lev... Uhm.. That doesn't change the fact that we're friends, right?" Yaku finally asked.
"Of course not!" Lev smiled and stood up. He spread his arms and invited Yaku for a hug.
Obviously Yaku stood up and hugged Lev. And right at that moment Alisa decided to finally show up.
"Lev, is Yaku Mori-- WAIT WHAT?" Alisa panicked a bit.
"Ah, Alisa! This is Yaku Morisuke, the prince of Yaku Kingdom!" Lev released Yaku from his death grip.
"H-Hello, I'm Alisa Haiba" she introduced himself, blushing a bit.
Yaku now understood that the rumors were true. She was truly a beauty. He long silver hair almost reached her knees, her skin was pale and as smooth as silk, she was wearing an amazing blue dress and a small gold crown. But by far her best feature was her eyes. One was golden, the other was blue. She looked stunning.
"Hello, sorry that you had to meet me in that position. Me and Lev met eachother before so we're kinda friends" Yaku said and scratched his head.
"What?! Lev why didn't you tell me?" Alisa exclaimed. Lev laughed a bit before answering.
"The thing is, I didn't know that he was a prince, while Yaku didn't know that I was a prince. It was fun though. That night at the river, remember?" Lev asked. Yaku nodded his head and smiled.
Alisa could feel her cheeks heating up, but that wasn't because she wanted to know Yaku better, it was because Yaku looked so adorable standing next to Lev that Alisa wanted them to hug eachother and never let go.
She might have been a fujoshi, but you wouldn't know that.
They all spent their time knowing eachother better, talking about things from how it is to live in a castle to how to cook a muffin. It was an interesting day, Yaku was glad to meet both of them, especially Lev. He was so charming and adorable.
And Yaku wanted to see him again soon.
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-hatari