Welcome to another chapter of Princess and Prince (P&P), for the Echizen lovers around: Please bear with me a little longer, ne. He'll be up as soon as I feel like it, which might be faster than expected. Read and enjoy!
P&P Kintaro's death
After I wake up at six in the morning I walk towards the shower and turn it on. Today is the last of days I have free to spend until I have school to go to. After taking a quick shower I put on the same pants I wore yesterday and a light blue tank top. I run down quietly for breakfast, but as I reach the kitchen I stop dead in my tracks. My dad lays on the floor next to the chair he was sitting on before. I look at it in horror as I slowly step closer to his seemingly lifeless body to investigate his cup. I smell a faint odor of sleeping pills and I run up as fast as I can to tell mom, but then I stop as I remember what dad told me. I quickly grab my phone and dial the Japanese alarm number as quickly as I can. It seems as though hours pass by as I just sit at the table, not hungry at all. I just sit in silence and when the ambulance finally arrives I find my verdict to be true, dad died of those pills. They inform mom about the tasks at hand the moment she finally comes down. I feel sick to my stomach and decide to go for a walk, but the members of the ambulance wish to examine me for any signs of trauma. I reluctantly go with them for the test, only to find out that I have no such signs. I sigh in horror the moment I walk over to the street courts, the place that I last talked to dad. I sit down on a bench and watch other people play doubles, but I don't feel like it at all. I wonder about many things that day as I just sit there, watching the sky float by peacefully.
"The doctors told me that Kintaro had committed suicide." Mom tells me, but I don't want to listen to it.
"Did he?" I ask her quizzically.
"Why will you not believe me?" Mom asks me.
"He had no reason for it, he loved life and the people around him. Why would he commit such a deed if there's nothing wrong?" I reply darkly.
"Come on home, dear. The funeral will be held next Saturday." She informs me.
A voice in the back of my mind reminds me that it ain't normal to take so long before the burying, but I don't speak my mind.
P&P
When I wake up I feel empty, but dress myself for school anyway. I grab a slice of bread and run off quickly towards school.
"Miri!" I hear Alicia call out to me.
"Hey Ally." I reply with a sad voice.
"What happened to you?" Serah asks me.
"Things." I reply darkly.
"You do know you can tell us, right." Serah tells me.
"I found dad at the kitchen this morning, dead as can be. Drunk a mug filled with sleeping pills, which I know he'd never do by himself." I reply distantly.
"You know, Kintaro-sama told us that your mom was up to something. We decided to follow you here and enter Seishun." Alicia tells me.
"Don't worry, we'll be there for you." Serah ensures me.
"Thanks." I mutter as walk towards the cafeteria to await our schedules and get assigned to a class.
P&P
"Serah, Alicia and I are assigned the same class as some boisterous guy with spiky black hair, who tells us to call him Momo. There's also some guy hissing with annoyance as he looks at the boy, for which I cannot blame him. The five of us head towards class, while some boy boosts about his tennis skills. I believe his name is Arai or something, he's really getting on my nerves none the less."
"Want to check out the courts?" Serah asks me.
"Sure, just this once." I reply in sadness.
And so the three of us walk there, with Momo in our wake.
"You can only join the team if you can knock this can over." The boy I think is Arai states and he shows them how it's done. He challenges the other freshmen to give it a try, but first fills the can with rocks. Momo is registering for the club as we look at the scene.
"I was so sure I hit it, Arai-kun." One of the other boys tells him.
"You did." I reply, which makes everyone look at me.
"Hand me your racket and I'll show you, I'll show you why it won't budge." I tell the boy, while the hissing boy with a bandana joins to watch.
"What's this?" Momo asks.
"Fshhh, idiot." The boy mutters.
"What was that, viper?" He asks him.
"Will you knock it off!" I yell at them.
"Che, fine." Momo replies reluctantly as the boy only nods.
"Who're you?" Ally asks him.
"Kaidoh Kaoru." He replies, without a hiss for once.
I walk towards my position and take out a few balls. I swing the first one up and hit it with accuracy.
"To the ground and up to the top of it." I state before the ball follows the path I had just described and make rocks fall out of the can.
"He can knock a can down with rocks?" One of the boys reply in awe.
"No you moron, he put them in after he had shown you." I reply as I walk back and give the racket back to the boy.
"Why don't you join the tennis team?" Momo asks.
"Don't feel like it, plus there's more than enough time for me to play tennis after I finished school." I reply.
"Her mom already forced her into tournaments back in England, so she earns a little rest." Serah states.
"What's your name?" Momo asks.
"Fshhh. Idiot." Kaidoh hisses again, which makes Momo grasp the collar of his shirt. Kaidoh responds by doing the exact same thing with Momo.
"Calm down you two, go at it at the tennis court will you." I state.
"My name is Serah Moon and this is Alicia Heart." Serah introduces the two of them.
"Kitara Miria's the name." I follow up.
"Kitara Kintaro's daughter?" Both ask in awe.
"That's me and proud to be." I state coldly.
That's the wrap of chapter two already, but there is yet much more to come.
