breaking the glass chapter 1: arrangements
"Y-Your Majesty!" a voice rang out through the castle walls. A young boy ran through the castle halls and passed through all the paintings and architecture, built by the finest men and women of the kingdom. Minutes later, he reached the throne room. He opened the door to the throne room without hesitation and entered the huge room. Pillars kept the ceiling of the room up high and in the center of the room, was the throne of the king. The king's shaggy dark pink hair was covered by the crown he wore and his eyes wore a sleepy expression. Two of his most loyal knights stood side by side of the throne. The young boy's brown hair was such a mess from running around, but he seems to have lost all his manners to tidy himself up. And so, he bowed down to the king as a sign of respect for his presence.
"Your Majesty, I have received a letter from the other kingdom." he announced.
The king sat up straight as he heard the boy say these words. He seems to be excited about it, for he asked the young boy to quickly give him the letter. The boy nodded, walked up to him and gave him the letter.
"Thank you, Tenma. You may now continue doing your duties." the king replied to him.
The boy named Tenma smiled and bowed, "Yes, your Highness!" And he ran out of the throne room.
The king sat back down to his seat, stretched his legs and scratched his chin before he opened up the letter, "Oh, I hope it's good news." he murmured as he tore open the envelope.
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From another part of the castle, a young female was walking through the halls in search of a room. This is the part where you come in. You wore a maid's dress, with a frilly headdress on your head and a white apron around your black dress. The footsteps you made with your black shoes created a sound that resounded the hall. It was always so silent in the castle, especially in the early morning of spring.
Eventually, you found the room you were looking for — the prince's bedroom. The door to the bedroom was so big, even bigger than the height of the king himself! You opened the door slowly, making a creaking sound that bothered your ears. My, that sound could have awakened the sleep! Your eyes peeked inside the room and at that moment, the sunlight shined down from the window to the bed where the sleeping prince laid.
You closed the door of the prince's bedroom and tiptoed to the side of his bed. You tried being careful to not bother the sleeping prince and you knew very well that the prince gets in a cranky mood when awoken suddenly. All it takes to wake up the young prince, is a slight tap on his shoulder.
"M-Master, please wake up…" your soft voice called out to the prince. Your finger tapped his shoulder but instead of getting the response you wanted, he groaned and turned to the other side of the bed.
"Not now, please…" he murmured.
Your eyes turned from a sign of gentleness to a sign of anger. You were unsatisfied with such an answer. "But Master, your father needs to talk to you! He says it's very urgent!" you shouted and grabbed his shoulder to sit up straight, forcing him to wake up.
He opened up one eye, "My father?"
"Yes…!" you exclaimed.
"Fine." he opened up his other eye and stood up, "I'm up, I'm up."
The girl smiled, "Good. Oh, and good morning, Master!" she greeted him with a smile and bowed down to him as a sign of respect to the superior.
The prince looked at her with hazy eyes and noticed your smile seemed to cheer up his sleepy self. He was the prince and you were his personal maid. Outside, may look so happy but inside, your heart were shattered. You had no knowledge about your past or a last name, because she raised in an orphanage…
…like him.
"You don't have to greet me, you know." he said and yawned.
"B-But I wanted to greet you!" you replied.
He smiled, "Heh, well okay. Anyway, I have a request for you: Would you buy me some cupcakes in the local town bakery?" he asked, placing his hands in his pants pocket and there was a three small coins inside. It was enough to buy at least three cupcakes. He handed the money to you.
You smiled and nodded, "Yes, Master!" you gladly accepted the request with a grin.
You started to walk to the door to take your leave, but before you left, you heard the prince call out to you.
"Oh, and [Name], call me Ranmaru!"
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Ranmaru (his full name is Kirino Ranmaru) finished dressing up to his casual clothes, wearing a brown blazer with a white shirt inside, black trousers, and boots. He started to walk his way to the throne room, wondering why his father is calling for him.
"Oh, I wonder what father has planned for me…this time. Ugh." he thought in his head, not so excited at all for what his father planned for him.
When he reached the throne room, he was greeted by his father's arms. The king came up to Ranmaru and hugged him tightly, like he didn't want to let him go.
"Ranmaru, good morning." he greeted to him and let go of him from the hug, "Did you have a good sleep?"
Ranmaru nodded, "Yes, Father. And I heard from [Name] that you have something planned for me this time?"
The father nodded, "Yes. I told her to call you because I have something important to tell you."
"Oh? What...is it, Father?" Kirino asked. There was a hint of hesitance in his voice. Somehow, he didn't seem to be excited with what his father will probably say to him.
"I…" the father began, "…I planned you and the daughter of another kingdom an arranged marriage." he inquired the pink-haired prince.
Ranmaru's eyes squinted, in disbelief by his father's words. and he felt heart slowly shattering…but why?
"Wh-Which kingdom?" he stuttered.
"…The Serenos kingdom…"
Ranmaru widened his eyes. The Serenos kingdom was well-known for their armies excelling in archery. And also, they were known for their hunting skills. He remembered the days where he watched the Serenos king take down a king with one shot from his bow and arrow. That time, his father's expression on his face looked so amusing.
But why that kingdom? He wanted answers, but maybe now wasn't the time to ask them from his father. Maybe some other time...maybe.
"You're going to marry the princess of that kingdom, obviously…you remember her, right?" his father asked.
Ah, the princess. Her name is Kariya Masaki, a young girl that on the outside, was a cheery and bubbly girl. But on the inside of that happy shell she bore, it was devil. Kirino remembered when they met, she would always prank him and annoy him day and night. He hated it, he really hated it.
"You are to meet her tomorrow, have some bonding time and three days afterwards, you are both going to married. You understand? If you don't listen and obey, well…you know what happens…" his father finished.
Ranmaru nodded, like he had a choice to not to, right?
His father smiled, "Good, now please return to your room. Prepare yourself for tomorrow and practice your manners!" the king requested.
Ranmaru obeyed his father and left the room without saying another word. He felt his heart breaking a little more inside. When entered his bedroom, he slammed his fist to the wall and shouted.
"I HATE EVERYTHING!" Ranmaru wailed and plopped himself to the bed and stared at the ceiling above.
He reflected over the current events and his face made an expression of disapproval. This was all wrong. Everything was falling apart. No, no more of this, please. He was always forced to be tormented to do something he didn't like. If he disagreed, he would be punished by his own father's hands and bring shame to the country. He wanted cancel this arranged marriage, no way would he take part of this.
Why?
"You can't do this to me, father. It's because…I..."
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p.s. I am aware that my cover is rantaku, it's just in the original story of this I made a year ago, it was a Kirino/(someone who shall not be named and it's not Shindou BELIEVE ME) and Shindou in the picture just...looks like the no named person.