A year has passed since the publishing of my first story! So much time! I never knew I will continue writing here for such a long time! To all the people who have supported me through that year – THANK YOU! Thank you for all the kind words and encouragement. I really appreciate it!

Now here's a one-shot to celebrate the anniversary!

As always I'm using DC and YR and as always their age is not the official one!

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Once upon a time in a far, far away land lived a princess. She had beautiful hair like the night and beautiful eyes like the sun. She was admired by all her people. But the princess disliked being a princess. Or no… She hated being a princess. She had a dream. A big, impossible dream. To be the perfect housewife! But sadly princess Ara had no husband. And being a princess was taking all of her time. She had no time to practice cooking and cleaning! And she heard a rumor that she is getting married! How? Ara was such a disgrace to the housewives! She couldn't accept she is unprepared and she has to meet her husband. So princess Ara ran away. But she was going to come back. Come back as the perfect housewife! She ran through hills and fields. She ran through rivers and deserts. Day and night princess Ara was running. It was also part of her training! A good housewife had to be fast! Even when wearing a dress half her weight and high heels. It was her duty to run fast and to fast whatever her husband wanted from her. And also she had to find a place to stay.

Princess Ara got to the City of Water – Hamel. Finally! Water! Running gets you thirsty! She ran to the first fountain and started drinking water. A person came near her.

"You're dressed in such an expensive dress yet you lack all the good qualities of a rich woman." Said a boy with ocean blue eyes and blonde hair… The hair had something like animal ears! Ara ignored what he said and went to him to touch his hair.

"Don't touch me." He said as he pushed away her hand.

"Sorry…"

"I see you're not from around here. That reaction is not one of a Hamel citizen."

"I am not."

"I understand. But please Miss refrain from drinking the fountain's water."

"I was thirsty…"

"That doesn't explain your behavior."

"Was I a bad girl?" She looked at him with puppy eyes. He sighed.

"You were a woman with bad manners." Wait… Bad manners… That is not a thing that the perfect housewife has! The perfect housewife is kind and her manners are very good! Oh no… She has just started her Housewife Training Camp and she already did such a big mistake… Ara started crying.

"Miss? What's wrong? Did I offend you?" She suddenly stopped crying. She had an idea.

"Be my housewife mentor!"

"Mentor? Housewife?"

"I am getting married soon! And I have a dream… To be the perfect housewife! So I ran away to train! But I am not doing good. But! If I have you as my teacher I'm sure I will learn to be the perfect housewife!"

"I think you're mistaken. I'm a man."

"Of course I knew that! You're manly!" He turned his head away. It was the first time someone has told him that. They always told him he's girly. Hearing these words made him happy.

"You think so?"

"Yep!"

"Okay. I'll help you with what I can." She jumped on him to hug him but ended up falling.

"Eh? I didn't feel the hit."

"That's because you fell on me."

"I'm so sorry…"

"Okay. Lesson one – Don't jump on people."

"But… I was not trying to jump on you…"

"What were you trying to do then?"

"I was trying to hug you."

"Okay… Then – When you're trying to hug someone do it gently. You want to hug them not kill them. This is lesson one."

"Um… How?" He sighed and got close to Ara. He pulled her close and wrapped his hands around her. Ara blushed.

"Is this the right way to do it?" She asked

"Yes. Use just the right amount of power. Maybe a bit less for you since you're a girl."

"This is kind of embarrassing."

"I know."

"Am I supposed to hug everyone like this? I don't think I will be able to… It really is embarrassing."

"No. I'm training you to be a good wife. So you'll hug your husband."

"Okay. Isn't it weird to hug me? We just met."

"I'm just showing you. And wasn't it weird when you asked me to be your mentor?"

"Maybe…" Ara giggled. They stayed in silence for a while. Ara liked this hug. She never had such a warm hug. Even her cheeks got red. A weird thing she never felt started building up in her. Then she spoke.

"Your name… I want to know."

"Chung Seiker. May I know your name?"

"Ara Haan." Chung smiled but she didn't see.

"A princess then?"

"You know my name?"

"Yes. I know the names of all the kings, queens, princes and princesses."

"Impressive. But don't you now feel a bit respect towards me?"

"Hm… We're on my territory. So I'm still greater." He said and laughed.

"What do you mean?"

"Nothing." Chung said and continued pressing her against his chest. Silence fell upon them again. She started listening to his heartbeat. So calm – unlike her heart that was beating twice faster and louder than usual. Faster than it was when she was running.

"I guess this is enough for you to learn." Chung said and released her.

"Thank you for teaching me!"

"Okay. Now tell me where you're staying at so I can take you home. It's getting late."

"Um…" Ara looked down.

"You don't have a place to stay at, right?" She nodded.

"Then… You can come with me. I'll make an exception because you're a princess."

"Where are we going?"

"To my home." This ringed an alarm in Ara's head. A memory of when she was young came to her.

Ara was five and she was sitting in her mother's lap.

"Listen Ara… You must never follow strangers to their homes. It's dangerous. Understood?" Ara smiled.

"Yes mommy!"

Such a cute memory. It was so nice to have such memories. So Ara started thinking about how good is it to have flashbacks of your childhood.

"We're almost there." Chung said. Wait… She was supposed to listen to her mother's advice! And she followed that person without even knowing him. And he wasn't even dragging her. Ara silently walked towards danger! She had to get away.

Just when Ara saw a good bush to hide in she remembered – if she ran she will loose her teacher.

"I'm sorry mother…" She whispered and continued following Chung. He took her to the castle and led her in.

"This is where you live? It's big!" She said.

"Don't you live in a castle too?"

"Yes I do."

"Then why are you so surprised?"

"It's way bigger than our castle. And we're the royal family!"

"Well… We are the royal family too."

"What?"

"I'm the prince of Hamel. I thought you knew that."

"No."

"Then… I guess we should start with this…" He led her to a big room with books. The library. "Lesson two - A good wife should be well educated. She should be able to have a good conversation with her husband. So you should now start reading."

"Okay!" If it was to become the perfect housewife she would do anything. Ara got a book. Chung just shook his head and smiled. She took a picture book. She was seated on the ground and the picture book was in her lap. He sat on a chair near her and started looking at her. He looked at the changing emotions on her face. Happiness… worry… sadness… She switched through emotions as if she was pressing buttons. At the end of the book she smiled.

"I read it!"

"Oh really?"

"What? You didn't see me reading? And I read for thirty minutes!"

"I saw you, I saw you."

"It was a good book!"

"I really think it's a good book too. The Adventures of the Little Kitten – such a nice way to name it."

"Right? But look -" She took the picture book and showed him a page. "The little kitten also found a person to teach it! Like I found you!"

"But that teacher kitten has glasses and a white beard. I'm not that old."

"Really? Don't you have a white beard?"

"As you can see I don't have one."

"Liar." She touched his chin. "There is a big white beard all the way to the ground!"

"Yes. I'm old. I'm more than a hundred years old. Are you happy now?"

"No. I somehow don't like it." He laughed.

"Then tell me how would you like it?"

"Um… Maybe if you were my age… Or something like that…" She looked away with a small blush on her cheeks.

"And why would you want that?"

"Um… I don't know… I just do…"

"Should I tell you how old I am?"

"I don't want to hear it…"

"Okay then." He gave her a small piece of paper. "If you don't want to hear write how old you are. And I will write how old I am." He actually wanted to know her age. He was starting to get interested in her. Well he had a guess – she was no older than 17. There was no way she would still be unmarried and older. And honestly she was way too childish to be older. The thing written made him a bit surprised. 19. But still she was in her "teen" years at least. He wondered why was she getting married now. It was not very likely that there were no people wanting to marry her. She was quite beautiful. But of course he was not one to talk as he was also unmarried. And older. But he was a man. It was not that important. He could get married at forty to a young girl if he wants to. But that would be weird.

"So you're twenty-one? Old man."

"Okay. I'm an old man."

"No…"

"Again the same thing? Tell me what do you want me to be." He pulled her a bit closer to him. Then he heard the door open and he quickly released Ara. She went to read more picture books a bit further away then she was sitting before. Chung sighed and looked who walked in. It was his father.

"Hello, Father."

"Chung… You're here again?"

"As you can see I am here."

"What am I going to do with you… Go out! Have fun! Come on! You're wasting your youth! When I was your age-" He said and Chung cut him off.

"Yes, yes. You were doing something every night."

"That's right. You should too! Otherwise you'll never get a wife."

"Father… It doesn't concern you." His father laughed.

"There needs to be a hair to the throne. And… I'm your father after all. Of course it concerns me."

"Okay. But can we please not talk about my life in front of other people? We'll talk about it later."

"Other people?"

"Do you really not see her?"

"Her? A woman?" Chung pointed towards Ara.

"Yes. A woman." Ara put down the picture book and got up

"Hello! My name is-"

"Ara Haan. Princes of Sander." Said Chung's father, cutting her off.

"That's right! Does everybody here know me? Am I some sort of a famous person here?" Chung's father ignored her and started whispering to Chung.

"Good one son!"

"How do you know her?"

"Well… I was starting to get very worried about you… So I was just looking at suitable princesses… This one looked the most fitting… So I remembered her name."

"Father!"

"Don't worry! I promised I won't arrange your marriage."

"Then?" Chung had an angry aura around him.

"I was planning to send you to Sander as a guest and to arrange your meeting with her. I was sure you will like her. But… You did well without my help! I'm proud my boy! To get such a nice girl on your own! When will the wedding be?"

"There will be no wedding Father. You got it all wrong. I met her today. It is already arranged for her to marry someone."

"Then you just have to fight and take her away!" He did a thumbs up and walked out of the library. Then he said loudly so Chung can hear him:

"If you don't go out I'll burn all the books in that library!"

"You won't dare!"

"You know I will!"

"It's night!"

"Then it's better!"

"Okay I'll go out!"

"With her!"

"Alright! I'll take her."

"Have fun!"

"You know I won't!"

"You never know!"

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As this is getting long and if I write more it is going to be way after the actual day so I'll make this a two-shot.

Thank you for reading