Author's Note:
Hello guys! It's been a very long time indeed. Surprisingly, I didn't post anything! I really need an award for that, hmm; a trophy for patience perhaps *strokes her chin*.
Err, scratch that.
So, I had this idea for quite sometime and decided that it wouldn't be so bad if I posted the first chapter today; one day before I get complete freedom until college starts.
So please if you can, do take your time to review about the first chapter and comment, criticise and suggest what you found in it. I'm completely being open here.
Aside from that, Enjoy!
One in a million.
Chapter 1
The sky was as clear as the pure water, rippled with the bright sunlight. The ominous silence said all that it had to. Until a gunshot and a few sirens blared in the far roads, leading to the beautiful meadows that swayed with the command of the wind.
Female admirers and men ran behind a tall figure, who walked calmly towards the meadow. He had no fear of dying that day, nor was he ever. The squeals and cries of the women deafened the once silent magical paradise and turned it to a slaughter house as the military men captured the blonde man and dragged him back to their van.
Young and old alike, tried to muster all their strength and tried to pry the handsome man off the men. Alas, had he been violent and struggling for his freedom, he would have been released from what was known as the punishment for disrupting Keichi Kingdom. The loud banging of the metal door over his face broke many hearts, their pounding hands chasing the men to grit their teeth in irritation.
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He was driven away, to the royal throne room where the king decided his fate.
"What is your name?" he turned his emerald eyes away, expression blank. The King sighed, the man wasn't doing any good by keeping so quiet. If he had to deal with him justly, at least he should cooperate.
The King was too kind hearted and understanding to heartlessly throw this handsome innocently looking man into the dungeons.
"Dad I—" the squeal of the black-haired beauty deafened the King and stunned the guards. She had never raised her voice into a high-pitched scream in a matter of just five seconds. After all, Kotoko was known as the ideal woman for her beauty and good mannerisms. The King understood what to do with him.
He was too dangerous, as it is he changed his own daughter to pleading and begging in a very undignified way, on her knees to marry her.
Even if he was a man with the looks to kill, he was still a suspect that could threaten his palace.
"Guards, please move him to the dungeons." he declared tiredly watching his daughter dance and prance about frantically in front of him.
"And help Princess Kotoko recover herself." he muttered before following right behind the blond man towards the royal dungeons.
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"Listen, young man. If you don't tell me your name, and your reason for coming in Keichi, then how will I make a decision? I don't know who would—wait I know! Misaki can keep an eye on you!" he suddenly clapped his hands and beamed.
The blond man raised his eyebrow but didn't comment on the name, maybe it was a man whose name was feminine.
"From tomorrow," with the promise, he strode away from his cell, leaving the blond man to stare at the metal rods placed on the window like he had done it million times.
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The loud click of the door distracted him as another raven-haired woman came into his cell that day. She had a cloak draped around her, as she gripped the metal plat holding the stale bread.
He raised his eyes and met her stare, amber blankly staring at him. She didn't say anything as she slid the plate in front of him, watching him as he stared at the bread.
"It's not poisoned." she scoffed, folding her hands. He then noticed that she looked quite cute, maybe a year or two smaller to her, and her looks mirrored her father in ways. Except she looked cunning and fierce unlike the women flocking him whenever he was exposed.
He raised an eyebrow then continued to stare at the window from the floor he was sitting on.
Like drill on his back, he felt her gaze. It was quite different than what he usually felt, like a student standing in the principal's office.
"If you didn't want to eat, then you could have said so. That bread is the same bread that was given to you yesterday. Since you didn't touch it, I purposefully ordered the guards to send it to you again." she hotly stood there with her arms crossed and eyes set ablaze in mild anger.
He blinked, then stared at her, shocked for the first time in his life. She narrowed her eyes, as his face displayed the emotions swirling in him for the first time in his life unbeknownst to her.
"Now, Keichi is not a very rich Kingdom that can throw away food like that. I suggest you to suck up and eat what is in front of you even if you were filthy rich."
She turned her heel and threw a disgusted look in his direction. "If you had any feelings for the people, maybe you would think twice before abandoning food."
The click on the door announced her departure, leaving him stunned and frustrated.
He almost kicked the plate away. But then he remembered her words, and the face she made before leaving.
Staring at the plate once, his hands grabbed the bread and brought it near to his mouth.
For the first time, the untamed Usui Takumi of the Suzumi Kingdom obeyed a woman.
End of Chapter 1
Author's Note:
So I said I would continue 'Different', but that would be after I write this fresh idea. I will try to update that story too, and see if I can balance writing two stories at once.
So, thank you for reading this chapter, I really appreciate it.
Goodbye!(hopefully see you soon!)
P.S. I will confirm the dates I would update the next in Chapter 2.