A/N: I hope you will like the idea of this story!

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By the light of the moon

Taniyama Mai. Your average princess. With short brown hair and big brown eyes, she is just an average girl who would do anything to help her people.

Shibuya Kazuya. An unsocial researcher. With medium length black hair and amazingly good looks he would do anything to avoid people. At least, until that fateful day when a mere princess changed him.

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"Lady Mai! You must wake up!" A voice made the brown haired girl's eyes open. It was her faithful servant Marie.

"Yes, yes. I'm up, I'm up." She replied and sat up rubbing sleep from her eyes. "What is the matter, Marie?" She asked, seeing the look of despair on Marie's face.

"Lord Takigawa Houshou and his wife-to-be Lady Matsuzaki Ayako have arrived and you weren't there to greet them!" Marie squealed in dismay. Mai groaned. They were very important people and it was very rude not to greet guests.

"Oh man. How will I get myself out of this one?" Mai wondered and Marie yanked her out of her warm bed.

"Come now. I shall dress you and we shall give them a proper greeting with an apology." Marie walked up to Mai's closet and pulled on the doors. They opened with no fuss and colors of all kind greeted their eyes.

"How about this nice purple one?" Marie pulled out a purple dress with sleek sleeves but with a flouncing skirt. Mai glanced at it and nodded. She was too busy thinking of an excuse for this morning.

'Just saying 'Sorry but I accidentally slept in' would not go down very well... but it's the best I have!' Mai thought as Marie lifted off her night dress and slipped on the purple garment. There was a knock on the door right as Mai stuck her head through the top.

"Excuse me but Lady Ayako would like to talk to Lady Mai." Mai's elderly maid said through the door and Marie fixed Mai's gown with an air of expertise. You didn't get a job as a royal maid without knowing anything.

"Yes, send her in. Lady Mai is ready now." Marie bowed as the doors opened to reveal a very pretty woman with red hair and even redder lips. The amount of make-up on the Lady's face surprised Mai.

"G-Good morning, Lady Ayako. I am very sorry that I was not present to greet you this morning. I was... um... sleeping." Mai finished lamely. She wasn't a very good liar anyway.

"Yeah, well, your food sure better be good or I'm leaving. Anyway I came to talk to you about the sleeping arrangements." Ayako rudely addressed Mai.

"Y-Yes? Is something the matter?" Mai asked, pushing down her anger at being talked to in such a rude way.

"Uh, yeah! There's only one bed in a room I'm forced to share with him." Ayako glared at Mai who took a frightened step back.

"Well, are you two not engaged? I don't see the problem..." Mai started and Ayako's face flushed.

"Y-yes we are but... I can't share a room with him yet! T-That's for our wedding night..." She said blushing and holding her cheeks in her hands embarrassedly. Mai grinned. THe older Lady was acting like a school girl with a crush.

"I see. Marie, please take Lady Ayako and her belongings to a different room. Is the one next to the Lord's open?" She asked the elderly maid and she nodded. Marie and the elderly maid bowed and left them.

"Thank you." Ayako smiled to Mai before leaving. Mai smiled and collapsed on to her bed as soon as she disappeared.

"I'm so tired!" She whined. Mai frowned but sat up. 'I still have to talk to Lord Houshou about this morning. I sure look forward to that...' She thought sarcastically before she stood to find the Lord.

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"Excuse me, Lord Houshou? It's Lady Mai. May I talk with you?" She asked after knocking on the door. It opened momentarily to reveal a tall brown haired man with a gruff look.

"Yes? Oh well, aren't you a cutie. Where's Lady Mai?" The man looked past Mai and down the hall in search for the princess.

"Um, I am Mai." Mai said and tried not to show her anger at him. The man looked at her and whistled.

"Oh... I see. Well, you can't judge a book by its cover, I guess. I am Lord Houshou." The gruff man smiled and made a sweeping bow. Mai took a step back.

'This is Lord Houshou?! And he's telling me not to judge a book by its cover...?' Mai sighed and stood up straight.

"I am here to formally apologize for this morning. I was thoughtless and slept in instead of greeting you. Please forgive me." Mai curtseyed and smiled at the Lord.

"Heh, well kid, it happens to everyone but don't let it happen again. See ya!" And he closed the door in her face.

'What is with these guests?! This is going to be one crazy month...' Mai thought and started to look for Marie to get her schedule for the day. It didn't take long.

"Mai! Mai! I-I mean, Lady Mai!" Marie shouted while running to her at top speed. Mai braced herself.

"My Lady! Who was that handsome man?!" Marie asked giggling. Mai looked at her strangely.

"Lord Houshou." She replied and Marie gasped.

"Oh...really..." She said and looked down sadly. Mai burst out laughing.

"Oh come on. There has to be another guy out there for you! Who do you have your eye on now?" Mai asked trying to cheer up her only real friend. As a princess she has to be wary of whom she trusts, but Mai would trust Marie with her life.

"Well, there is this one guy..." She started and instantly went red-faced. Mai pressed her for details.

"It would be better if we just checked him out ourselves! He's always at the library!" Marie pulled Mai toward the large castle library completely unaware of the doomed fate of the two people she was about to introduce.

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