Hay another update! And this one's also short XD

So Thanks to AelitaStones1, lyokodreamer, Erik-Silver, The Mad shoe1 and MoonlitxAngel for revewing the previous chapter. And a special thanks to MoonlitxAngel for getting on my case about updating. ;P

The princess and her servant

So quickly they fell

One things for certain

This cant end well

"Ulrich will you help me with this?" Yumi asked as she tried to tie the bow at the back of her dress.

"You're supposed to order me." Ulrich responded, going over to help her anyway, "You're not going to be a very good leader if you always ask your servants to do things." He finished stepping away from a nice looking bow. Yumi sighed, ever since he had come here, Ulrich had been silently or verbally correcting her on how to act, it was almost like it unnerved him that she was treating him like a human.

"It's called being nice," She said smacking him on the head with her brush. It was amazing how close they had gotten in only a few weeks. At first, it had been somewhat awkward for the both of them, Yumi not used to having Ulrich around, and Ulrich not being used to the luxury that came with being a royal's slave.

"Well don't be nice to me then." Ulrich said calmly sitting down next to what had silently been proclaimed his pillar. It had taken Yumi almost a month to do it, but she had finally got Ulrich to open up, somewhat. Whenever they had company Ulrich would shut his mouth like a clam, but when they were alone together, they could talk like old friends.

"You know there's a ball coming up." Yumi mentioned as she brushed her hair in the mirror.

"Because I can totally go to that." Ulrich muttered sarcastically. "What about it?"

"Just saying," Yumi said thoughtfully, "And why can't you go?" Ulrich groaned.

"I think we've been over this, I'm a slave, I have to do whatever you tell me, and those types of things are reserved for nobles, way above my head."

"Oh, right," Yumi said blushing. "I forgot." Ulrich sighed.

"Good for you. Why are you bringing this up?"

"I can't dance." Yumi admitted blushing, "I figured since you know some things, that-"

"Wait a second, what kind of princess doesn't know how to dance?"

"What kind of slave knows how to read?" Yumi fired back. Ulrich just shrugged. "My parents signed me up for dance classes but I never went," She explained. "At the ball I will have to dance with William, and-"

"Alright I get it," Ulrich said getting up, "I'm not very good but I'll teach you what I know." Yumi smiled at him and grabbed his offered hand. "You have the easy part," Ulrich began as he guided her around the floor. "All you have to do is follow your partner."

"And try not to step on their feet."

"Yeah that'd be useful, in most dances there's usually a pattern, this one is forward right left." Ulrich stepped backwards causing Yumi to move forward in the indicated pattern, "Backward left right." He stepped forward.

"Sounds simple enough," Yumi said.

"It is, the hard part is not looking down at your feet when you move." Ulrich said tilting her head upwards so she was no longer looking at the ground. "Try to keep your eyes on me."

"Alright," Yumi said nodding. She'd never noticed just how green Ulrich's eyes were. The movements came easily enough. It was a simple pattern and Ulrich was pretty good at leading. She vaguely wondered how he learned how to dance, just like she did whenever he showed her something new, but it was always a mystery, and for some reason she never asked.

"I think you're getting it." He said after a couple of minutes, and for some reason it made Yumi blush.

"Uh, yeah, I think so." Suddenly they were moving closer as they danced, her chest pressed against his, their eyes never leaving each other, and soon their mouths were close enough to touch. Ulrich pushed her away, his face as red as a tomato.

"That's enough dancing for today." He said turning away from her, leaving Yumi with an empty feeling inside her chest and a warm feeling on her face.

"Yeah… okay." She said, watching as Ulrich sat down on his mat and started to pick at a frayed corner. Somehow knowing that this was not the best time to talk to her friend, Yumi turned away and started to play with something on her dresser, letting the tension hang over them like a cloud. Why was her heart beating so quickly?

Unknown to the two 'friends' trying to ignore the other's presence a dark figure lurked by the slightly opened door. His eyes roamed from the red faced slave boy to the blushing princess and then narrowed as he looked at the boy again. He was going to pay.

I could have made this longer, but I couldn't find a good place to end. Just so you know the real action is going to start in a couple of chapters, so bear with me.

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PS: I actually have no idea how to dance XD so sorry if that information is wrong.