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"Not a chance," a certain brown haired prince said, crossing his arms stubbornly as his aide tries to convince him once again to leave the country of Tanbarun and travel to Noria for a ball celebrating some princess's coming of age.

"Prince Raji, I'm sure the kingdom's king wouldn't be too pleased if you didn't show up without a proper reason as to why," Sakaki said as proper as ever, still trying to convince the stubborn prince.

Raji sighs staring up at the ceiling, seated on his comforting couch, "It's in three days, give me until tomorrow to decide, deal?" he reasons for the first time since Sakaki had started convincing.

"Prince Zen will be there, and I'm sure he'll drag Shirayuki along if possible," Sakaki says simply but with a hint of a smirk on his face.

The brunet began to smile before sitting up abruptly raising his hands in a defensive pose, "W-why would that matter! It won't have any effect on my decision!" he whines, blushing from ear to ear.

Sakaki smiles a bit more obviously as he exits the room, "Tomorrow afternoon I will expect your decision then."

That night, Raji laid in his bedroom on his bed which seemed much less tiring than it usually is. Did he even want to see Shirayuki and Prince Zen again? It had only been a few days since her letter arrived to him, allerting him that Zen had proposed.

He could tell just by seeing her writing how happy she was about it, and the ceremony would be soon decided when to be held. That sly dog Zen, he definitely had an advantage to Raji, being around her all the time and most importantly saving her from himself, Raji the Idiot Prince.

"Ugh! I don't even like her, why am I worried about their engagement?!" he groaned, still stressing over it. Deep down he knew his feelings for her, he just would never admit them out loud.

That Obi must be quite aggravated by the news as well, but there was no doubt that he would be happy for the two. Raji knew Obi was the type to be happy for the red headed girl no matter what, but I suppose that's the power of love, isn't it?

"I suppose I can go.. And congratulate them..," Raji says and turned red again, "Agh, no! I'm going to make a bond between the kingdoms of Noria and Tanburan!"

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"Why has Noria been so quiet all these years? It seems as if most kingdoms have never even heard from the royal family there, and the princess has never been seen without something covering her head," Raji states curiously, sitting in his royal carriage the next day.

"I see you've done research on the kingdom? What pleasing news. Nobody quite knows of why the kingdom's been silent, but I suppose this is also a way of coming out there again. By the way, I heard Shirayuki is in fact going," Sakaki says smugly.

Raji gives him a glare, "That is not why I chose to go!" Sakaki just laughed under his breath, shaking his head.

After a few hours of riding, it started to rain, hard. As if it couldn't get any worse, one of the wheels hit a rock and got stuck, leading the the carriage to break and the horses to stop moving. Raji complained as usual when things goes wrong.

"Sorry, your highness, but I can't fix this without any help or tools," the driver says sincerely sorry. Raji gave him a smile, but not until after he deeply exhaled a breath of frustration.

"Prince Raji, isn't that a motel over there?" Sakaki asks pointing to a small looking building with a light on. Raji nods, getting out of the carriage, "Yes, let's go there and wait until the rain stops," he says walking.

The working lady was nice and gave them each their own room, since it wasn't busy. The rain didn't seem to be stopping. Noria was only about another ten minutes on foot but you'd have to be crazy to walk in this rain storm.

The lightning crackled and lit up the sky as Raji stands on the roofed balcony outside his room. It made him flinch, but only did he yelled when a small figure jumped out of a tree next to him on the balcony, "W-who, Who are you?!"

Shushing him, the hooded figure grabbed Raji's wrist and dragged him inside the room, closing the balcony door and locking it. They closed the curtain and once again placed their finger to their lips, as if making sure he stayed quiet.

Raji looked over at the tiny figure, it looked like a female body. He looked closer and saw a strand of red hair coming out of the hood, "Shi-..Shirayuki?" Raji asked in disbelief, there was no possible way she could be here. Especially not so suspiciously, it wasn't like her, and not to mention Zen or Obi would be with her even if this was her.. Right?

The girl laughs a little, "I see you think you know you I am. I don't know of any Shirayuki around here, but she sounds great if you think she was me. That means she'd do something like this right?" She didn't think Raji could see any part of her head, so she was in belief that he knew another girl like her.

"N-no, she wouldn't I don't think.. But that's not the point!" he says getting defensive of himself, "Who the heck are you?! Don't you know it's rude to do whatever it is you did?" Raji walks closer, "Take off your hood too, that's too suspicious."

He reached his hand for her hood, but it was quickly smacked away, "Don't touch me, you peasantly fool," she snarls at him, taking it down herself. The sight of her head took the prince aback. She was pale, as if she barely gets sun, which played off with her blue-gray eyes that were rolling annoyedly. "Stop staring at me, I know i'm good looking."

Truth be told, it wasn't her soft pink lips or other apple-to-the-eye features, that he was in awe of. It was her hair. The girl's lockes reached her shoulders while in a ponytail, and they were slightly messy due to being in the storm. But overall, it was red. Bright, gorgeous, red. "Th-that's not what I was looking at!" Raji says snapping out of it, pointing a finger at her accusedly, "Your hair is red!"

"Oh really? I didn't notice," she snickers a bit, "I suppose you've never seen red hair before." The girl was not modest in the slightest. She shrugs with her hands above her shoulders, "It is pretty rare and special, dontcha think?"

"No, my friend, Shirayuki has hair like yours.. I'm just shocked to meet another person with red hair, because I suppose it is special," Raji says thoughtfully, "that's why I confused you with her earlier, by the way. She's not nearly as rude as you are."

Now it was her turn to be taken aback, shocked, she struggled to find words, "A-another red haired girl?! I thought I was the only one around here! And who are you calling rude, you measly peasant!" she shouted at him.

"Don't call me peasant! I am Raji Shenazard, first prince of Tanbarun! " he shouted back at her. He was good at being composed and polite by now, but this girl in particular grinded his gears like no one has before and he couldn't figure out why.

She smirked, twirling her hair around her index finger, "Ooh a prince? I suppose you'll be at the ball tomorrow night then." She started laughing once she saw his expression. It showed utter confusion and annoyance. How can one girl be so obnoxious?! "Would you look at the time. I better get going," she said going towards the balcony and opening the door.

"Wait wait wait, you haven't even told me your name!" he pointed at her and waved his arm about annoyed. "Besides you stayed here for protection for that horrid rain, the least you can do is tell me your name!"

"Well, since it's done raining I don't need to use your room, and I take what I want, I don't need to give you anything in return," she says getting ready to leave, "But it sure is fun being around you, you're not very smart."

He looked truly horrified by her rudeness, "How cruel. The least you could do is thank me," he let out a sigh, giving up.

"Azira," she stated, "My name's Azira." With that last statement, she had left, closing the door as she jumped from tree to tree to make her way back home. "He's such an airhead. I can't believe he didn't call the authorities or something."

Azira stopped and looked back at the motel for a moment, and shook her head to snap her out of her thoughts, "No, he's nothing special. Just an idiot."

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Raji was traumatized by the whole experience. Azira.. That's what she said her name was, but she could've lied. For some reason she gave him an odd feeling in his stomach. Why was she so familiar? Is it because of her hair? No doubt he was hopeful that it was Shirayuki when he saw that strand of hair. No, that wasn't why she was so familiar..

Needless to say, Raji didn't sleep much that night in fact, the next morning he was exhausted. Sakaki noticed and was amused by it for whatever reason. "Prince Raji, did you stay up talking to yourself last night? I could hear you from the opposite room."

"What? No! Some red haired lady broke into my room and then left!" he said. The story did seem ridiculous, it made Raji turn red at how stupid he sounded.

"Fantasizing about Shirayuki perhaps?" Sakaki teased subtly as he showed a blank expression as usual. "Oh, we're almost to the castle," he said before Raji could protest against this statement.

They arrived at the castle and walked into the main room, where they were supposed to be greeted by the King and the Princess. Raji bowed to the King, noticing there was no princess in the room, "Thank you for inviting us," he says properly.

"Sorry i'm late, Father," a familiar female voice says hurriedly as fast footsteps go towards his side. Raji slowly straightens up, thinking there was no way in heaven, but there she was, standing in a gown, her hair covered but her face was recognizable, "Hello, Prince Raji," she curtseys smiling with delight.

"Hello.. P-Princess Azira," he says shocked, before gulping. No way!

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