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Author's Notes

#1: To lajoie21, I don't know what happens next. It was designed to just be a one chapter thing so I didn't think that far ahead. I'm currently juggling around some ideas in my head since the first chapter seemed popular.

#2: To mr I hate znt nobles kill them, I thought about your idea and don't know how I would be able to write too much on that. While the chapters are supposed to be one-shots or pilots, I still have to consider if they have writing potential in case the chapter receives a lot of support. Your idea, though dark and edgy, isn't too far from the canon story and feels as though it limits the imagination a bit. If I come up with enough material, I'll write a chapter.

#3: Please submit a review on the chapter you enjoyed. Favorite and follows are welcome, but I need reviews to know what specific chapter you want me to continue on. If you want to take one of the ideas as a basis for your own story, just send me a PM so that I can direct people who did enjoy the idea to your story.

#4: Also say if you want me to try my hand at the other girl's delusions.

Title: (Undecided)

Posted: 5/6/2014

Rated: T

Genre: Romance/Comedy

Characters: Ichika, Charlotte

Summary: Inspired from Charlotte's delusions in the data world.

Ichinose's Perspective

"It's morning, Master. You need to get up for school," a gentle voice called out. It was accompanied with a light shake as the source tried her best to add some physical persuasion to her soft voice. Unfortunately for her, I had been mulling over things the night before. Due to my concerns over my future, I hadn't slept well. To put simply, my brain just refused to go just acquiesce to her demands.

"Come on sleepyhead. It's the first day, and you don't want to be late."

My eyes opened slightly as I began to put some effort to actually getting up, but it was to no avail. I just simply had to stay asleep for another five minutes. Five more minutes would have been enough, but that's what I would always say when I was on the verge of waking up. Sorry, Charlotte, but I needed my sleep. School wasn't anywhere near important enough to get me out of bed.

"If you aren't going to get up for school, would you get up for my sake?" the insistent voice continued with a pleading tone.

"That depends on whose asking. Is it Charles or is it Charlotte that's asking?" I said with a tired but playful yawn.

"Does it matter? We're both the same person," the person said with a pout.

"I'm asking if my butler is asking or my precious friend is asking."

With that, I managed to crack open my eyes to see how she would react. My eyes were immediately greeted with both a beautiful sight and one that filled me with guilt. What I saw was what I wanted to see, but it was only misfortunate that the sight was plagued with the symbol of our status gap.

What I saw was a very beautiful girl blushing and babbling over my words. Her usual pale face had a very deep shade of red spread across it as the blood rushed to her face. Charlotte's usual calm eyes that shone like amethyst began to dart around as she tried to collect herself. The girl's plump lips were quivering as she tried to form sensible words.

It was only a shame that the girl was also my butler. The girl's image was marred by the suit she had to adorn herself with. While it did look good on her, it did not do her beauty justice. I could only imagine what damage the suit and duty must have had on her on an emotional level. Why wouldn't it have affected her? She wasn't wearing the suit for fun.

"In any case, you need to get up. As the future head of the Orimura family, you need to give off a good first impression."

"The next head…" I grumbled as I recalled the source of my restlessness and what that had meant.

"Mother… Father… Why are the guards telling me that I can't go out anymore?" I asked worriedly after coming back from the gates where the guards had refused to let me out.

I had initially been planning to go out shopping with some of my friends, but due to the sudden restrictions on my freedom, those plans had been thrown out the window. I didn't even understand why I wasn't allowed to go off the grounds anymore. The only reason that I could think of as to why was the idea that my actions would actually reflect the Orimura family, which was completely preposterous when I thought about it.

While I did understand that it was 'unbecoming' for someone from my family to mingle with commoners, it was still the life I had grown up with. It was the product of the fact that my family had never really considered me as a representative of them. With my big sister to take the spotlight, no one had really paid much mind to what I did. My inattentive upbringing had allowed me to have a life outside of tradition and upholding the family pride, and I wanted to know why it was being taken away from me.

Why was my life suddenly following the same route as my sister? I didn't want it to be that way. I had seen what my sister had to endure during all those lessons, and it was quite honestly an unbearable torture to me.

"As of today, you will be training to become the next head of the Orimura family," my Father sighed with a somewhat disappointed look that pierced me.

I had forgotten why I never really sought out my parents, but this conversation quickly reminded me as to why. Those sad eyes and despondent sighs reminded me of my place in the family. I hadn't been raised by my parents too much and I hadn't had my life controlled by them before because they saw me as the runt of the family. They never reprimanded me or admonished me after I reached a certain age because my parents realized that I wasn't worthy of the family name.

I simply wasn't worth the effort.

But as the failure of the family, I had to ponder to know why the sudden change. Why would my negligent parents suddenly give a damn about what I did? I wasn't worried because of what would happen to me though. I already knew what was in store for me. No matter how much I didn't want to deal with it, it wasn't an issue I could fight on. What I was worried about was something far more important than my schedule.

"What happened to Chifuyu-nee?" I asked hesitantly.

"Char… Do you think that I am even worthy of becoming my family's next head?"

"What do you mean, Mas_ Ichika?" Charlotte responded thoughtfully as she realized who I was truly addressing.

"I… Never mind. It's probably best not to start the day with a depressing topic," I said hesitantly.

I really shouldn't have even bothered to have question whether or not I was worthy of the Orimura name. Regardless of how I or others felt, it was something that could not be changed. Fate had simply dealt me out my hand, and it apparently thought it would simply be humorous if the life I had become accustomed to was simply pried from said hands. It was something I just had to grin and bear.

"Shall we go to school?" I asked sheepishly to blow away the awkward atmosphere that I had nearly created.

Despite saying that I was trying to blow away the awkwardness, my main concern was to put Charlotte's own worries at rest. Much to my chagrin, my efforts were for naught as I saw a small frown form on her face for a fraction of a second. But like the kind woman she was, Charlotte quickly smiled to hide her worries from me.

"Then let's get you dressed," my butler said with a sly grin.

Suspicious of that grin and how she worded her sentence, I said, "You can go ready, Charlotte."

"I'm afraid that I can't do that. Knowing you, you will try to go back to sleep. As your butler, I have to make sure that get out of bed and get dressed."