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CHAPTER 2: THE KING AND HIS SERVANT.

I rustled under the warm covers as the smell of sweet roses filled my nose. I felt someone reach over my head and start to wrap something around my left arm. My eyes slowly began to open.

"Oh!" a cheerful and semi-familiar voice said to me. "So you aren't dead! That's good!" My blurry vision started to clear up and I looked to my left to see a tall, blond man with blue jewel like eyes smiling back at me. "We would have been in serious trouble if you died!" I opened my mouth to speak, but only small squeaking noises came out. My throat was too dry.

"Wa-wa," was all I managed to say. The man looked at me funny as he finished wrapping my arm up. He put his finger to his chin in thought.

"'Wa-wa'" He repeated. Suddenly, as if someone flicked a switch in his mind he said, "Oh! Water! You want water, right?" I nodded. The man turned to a girl who was standing in the doorway, she had very long blond hair and weird looking ears. She wore a short black dress with frills at the bottom, She was actually kind of cute, and gave off a little sister vibe. "Chi, can you go get this young lady some water, please?"

The girl replied in a cute, high pitched, "Chi." and left the room. The man turned his attention back to me.

"She'll be back in a little bit." The man said. The girl returned a while later with a small glass of water in her hands. She handed me the glass and left the room again.I sat up and quickly drank the water."Y'know, you're quite lucky! Not many people survive being hit head on by a carriage."

"Well," I replied, my voice still a little scratchy. "I've always had amazing luck." The man chuckled.

"I can see that." the man said," How do you feel miss..." he stopped himself.

"Sakura," I said. "Sakura Kinomoto."

"Ah, Sakura, eh? My name is Fai. Fai D. Fluorite. Nice to meet you!" he smiled brightly.

"You as well." I replied. I suddenly noticed a boy, about my age, sitting in the corner of the room. How long has he been there? I thought. He stared directly at me with his determined, amber eyes. The way he was looking at me made me feel uneasy.

Fai also seemed to just have noticed the boy. "Oh, Your Majesty, how long have you been there?"

"Long enough." The boy replied.

I stared at Fai for a second, Did he just say 'Your Majesty'?! I looked back to the boy with chocolate brown hair, This kid is royalty?

I heard Fai chuckle again. "He's not just royalty." I quickly covered my mouth, Was I thinking out loud? Fai continued," You, Miss Sakura, are currently in the presence of the King."

I stared at the boy in disbelief. "R-really?"

"You seemed shocked." Fai said.

"I am!" I exclaimed, I remember Tomoyo saying that the King of this country has never been seen by the people. I honestly did not believe that this kingdom even had a king, and yet, here he was, standing in the corner of the room and staring at me. "Why is he here?" I asked, a hint of uneasiness in my voice.

The King stood up from the chair and walked over to my bedside." You are kind of in my bed." He said.

"Your..."I looked down to the covers of the sheets, the design on the front was unlike anything I had ever seen before. It was soft too. " This is your bed?" He nodded. I felt my cheeks heat up. N-no way... I'm in the king's bed. I looked up to Fai, then back to the boy.

"I just don't see why it had to be my bed she needed to recover in." He turned away from me and started toward the door.

"Because the other rooms are not available." Fai said." We couldn't have put her in the maid's quarters, that place is a mess, and the guest rooms are full of so much dust that it looks like a desert. Where else were we supposed to put her?"

"Your room." Fai grew silent.

"You're right, we could have put her in my room. But, did you forget, Your Majesty, that it was you who was driving the carriage, and it was you who hit this poor girl." Fai's smile grew brighter.

I notice the boy's cheeks turn a light red then he abruptly left the room, muttering a slight,"Whatever." I giggled to myself as soon as I was sure the boy was gone.

"You're pretty direct with him." I said.

"Am I?" Fai replied. I nodded. " That's to be expected, I guess. I have known him since he was a child. Well, a younger child."

"I see." I glanced out a small window. It was pitch black outside. "What time is it?!" I asked, frantically.

"A little past midnight."

"Midnight?!" I repeated, How long was I asleep?

"Only a couple hours." Fai said. I looked at him, as I covered my mouth again. I wasn't thinking out loud again, was I? "Anyway, it's a little too late for you to go home, so I guess you can stay here for the night!"

"I can't do that." I started to move out of the bed.

"Woah, hold your horses, Miss Sakura. You can't leave now. You still need to rest." Fai gently held my shoulders to keep me in place.

"B-but I have to get back home. Tomoyo will be worried." Fai looked at me questioningly. "Tomoyo is my friend. I've been staying at her house since my older brother died a few months ago."

"You don't have anywhere else to go?" I shook my head. "What about your parents?"

"They died when I was young. I don't remember them much, just that they were very kind people. My brother, Toya, practically raised me. It was always just us, he had to work three jobs but always made time to play with me. One day he got really sick and had to stay home all day. He lost his jobs and then we were forced out onto the streets. That's when I met Tomoyo. She took us both in and cared for Toya. Slowly, Toya's condition began to get better. I thought he was going to pull through. But... one day I went into his room and... he wouldn't wake up." Fai reached over and brushed away a tear from my cheek. I didn't even know I had been crying. "Ever since then I've stayed with Tomoyo. I was actually planning to move out soon so I was looking for a job and that's when I was hit." Fai chuckled a little.

"I see." Fai suddenly stood up. "Well, I guess we can work something out."

"What does that mean?" I asked

"With a job, Miss Sakura." Fai said, "You see, we're a little short on maids around here, and we are planning a feast for the King's fifteenth birthday. The royal members of neighboring countries will arrive in celebration. It's just temporary, though."

"I'll take it!" I exclaimed, excitedly. "A job is a job. I'm a good cleaner, and I can cook! Not very well though." I whispered the last part.

"Then it's decided! We will also offer you room and board, if you can keep up the the demands."

"I'll try my hardest!" I smiled brightly as I spoke.

"That's all I ask! Now, tomorrow we'll go back into town so you can pack you clothes and you'll start in the afternoon!" Fai started to leave the room, "You may sleep here tonight."

"But what about the King?" I asked.

"Don't worry about him, he never sleeps in here anyway." Fai flicked the switch on the wall, turning out the light. "Good night, Miss Sakura."

"Good Night." I said as I pulled the covers over my head. I slowly closed my eyes and drifted off into a peaceful sleep.

Chapter end.

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