Water Lilies

"Oh, beggar or prince, no more, no more! Be off and away with your strut and show. The sweeter the apple, the blacker the core: scratch a lover and find a foe!" (1) he recited in a tired, dull voice and chuckled darkly as he bowed his head and looked at the book he held in his hands. "I should have known he was no different from the others." SLASH, AU, RATED M FOR A REASON!