They eventually made their way into the huge dining room with a large dark wooden table along with matching chairs centering the room. Hakuryuu walked gracefully over to a door that looked oddly placed "marko, do you have any dinner made for two?" hakuryuu yelled loudly leaning into the door he opened. He walked in while morgiana stayed put, moments later he came out with two plates of food that looked painfully appetizing.
He set the steamy plates down onto the large table and beckoned for her to sit on the chair. Morgiana took a seat awkwardly. She was definitely not used to eating anywhere besides inside a cold cage. Hakuryuu took a seat next to her and gave her a smile before he started to eat the plate of noodles and sauce, morgiana had seen her previous masters eat it before but had never tried it herself. Hakuryuu ate so politely and didn't get a drop of sauce on his face. It took morgiana a moment to force herself to eat a bite she nervously shoved a large quantity of the food into her mouth and got plenty of it on her face. This was the best food she had ever tasted in her life, her eyes glowed with excitement and satisfaction as she continued to eat the food quite fast. This food was heaven for her she had never tasted something so rich and fulfilling in her life all her meals as a slave were plain corn or beans the cheapest food money could buy.
Hakuryuu couldn't help but chuckle at the girl smiling and shoving food into her mouth like life depended on it. "What is this food called?" she asked swallowing a bite of food. "spaghetti, you've never had it?" he said with a sad tone in his voice. "no, you don't really eat that much different food when you're a slave." morgiana spoke quietly with a distant look on her face. Morgiana barely noticed when hakuryuu leaned over with a napkin and wiped her face gently "you have food all over your face." He said softly his lips just an inch away from her ear that turned a light shade of red. She awkwardly moved her body away.
"Maybe you should teach that slave some manners" a powerful voice said behind them. Morgiana froze for a moment before slowly turning her head to face the person. She was tall had silky black hair the same as hakuryuu's and her eyes were also a similar color to his. She could tell in an instant that it was in fact his mother, or at least someone related to him.
She wore her hair in a strange braids and had a long flowy dress she held her head high and wore a sinister smile. She just got more and more scary and intimidating as morgiana studied her. her aura just felt uncomfortable. Morgiana's face got pale and she felt ashamed of herself for getting so carried away with eating.
She looked over to hakuryuu as if he could somehow save her. Her eyes widen as she looks over him. He was glaring intensely at the women with his eyes glazed with hatred and she had never seen him look so scary it sent shivers down her spine. "She is not a slave anymore." hakuryuu said loudly his tone dark. Morgiana stood there frozen not knowing what she should do next. The room got heavy as she just simply watched the two of them stare at each other as if one of them were about to kill the other.
Hakuryuu let out a loud huff of air and roughy grabbed onto morgiana's hand and dragged her away. A loud clatter happens as she drops her fork onto the plate the sound making her cringe. She let out a breath of relief as they were finally out of that suffocating kitchen that they left their half eaten food in. Hakuryuu walked fast dragging the small redhead behind him as he marches to his room slamming the door behind them.
He threw himself onto his bed and it took a few moments for his scowl to fade from his face. "Sorry about that." Hakuryuu said with a worried look as he stared at the startled girl. "Its ok, it was my fault." She said blankly looking to the ground. "Im deeply sorry." morgiana said taking a bow. Hakuryuu got to his feet and walked over to the girl, she looks up at the tall man confused. "It wasnt your fault, morgiana" he breathed as he dragged his hand through her red bangs reliving more of her face.
Her face lit up a bright red and her eyes grew wide. She held her breath and her heart raced. Why? Why was she so nervous. He drew his face closer with a strange look on his face their breaths mingled for a moment his lips were just a hair from hers. But morgiana's nervousness got the better of her.
She threw herself back hitting her back against the wall behind her her face still flushed. Hakuryuu stared at the girl a moment before he took a few steps back. "Sorry" he said quietly as he looked discouraged for a moment. He almost looked mad at himself as if he was scolding himself. "N-no im the one that should be sorry!" She said loudly. He opened his door slowly "you should probably go rest in your room now it's going to get dark soon" hakuryuu said with a forced smile gesturing her out the door. Her heart dropped. She slowly walks out the door with a frown "take her to her room." He speaks firmly to the guards outside his door. They give a nod in acknowledgment and he shuts the door without another word.
Morgiana couldn't help but feel strangely empty, she wanted to be close to him. Im so stupid! she screamed at herself in her head. With a sigh she follows the guards to her room witch was gladly not very far from his. She enters the room slowly examining the furniture. It was a plain room that was mostly red but still looked quite expensive. She closed the door and took a seat on the cushioned chair. She had absolutly no clue what to do with herself. What was he trying to do? it looked as if he was going to kiss me she spoke in her head as she touched her bottom lip without noticing. No, thats impossible no man could think of a slave like me in that way.
The room had a desk facing the window with sketck books that had a drawing of a tree. She scurried over to the picture and held it agianst the window, yep it was the same tree outside her widow. The drawing was extremely detailed morgiana wish she could be good at something besides fighting. She gracefully turned the pages of the sketch book slowly as she stared at all the beautiful drawings wondering if someone had left it here from before. Morgiana jumps as she hears the door to her room fly open revealing a man with red thick hair tied in a high ponytail. His face was dusted with small freckles scattered about. He had a serious face on and was carrying a black fan. He gave morgiana a confused look before he sped over to her, ripping the sketch book she assumed to be his out of her small pale hands.
"Who are you?" The man spoke keeping his composer while he looked the girl from head to toe as if checking she's not a threat. "Morgiana" she answered blankly she she bowed deeply "sorry for looking through your drawings." She added as she continued to bow. "Oh, you're that slave i heard about from ren" the man said morgiana slowly raised her head nervous the man would hit her. But instead he held out his hand and introduced himself "i'm koumei" he said firmly she shook his hand nervously. "sorry this must be your room ill leave." morgiana said as she headed for the door. "no, this is a guest room i just come here to clear my head sometimes. i'll be leaving now" and just as fast as he showed up he was gone again taking his sketchbook with him. She took a seat at the desk and stared out the window watching the tree sway in the wind and the sun slowly set turning the sky a brilliant pink. Thoughts raced through her mind and they were all about hakuryuu. Why was he on such horrible terms with his own mother? morgiana would kill to see her mom again and yet someone could hate their own mom that much? Is that what that red haired man was talking about earlier with revenge?
morgiana blinked herself out of thought and looked around the room for something to pass time with. There was a large bookshelf, why not just read? Morgiana adored books, she had only read barely any in her entire life. With her being a slave it was pretty hard to do anything. She used to sneak some of her masters books into her cage in the middle of the night. She graciously walked over to the wooden bookshelf with around twenty books neatly stacked. Her eyes glowed, books were like gold to her. She chooses a random book and neatly takes it from the stack. she didn't even bother to read the cover to see what the book was even called. She swung the book open and took a seat on the chair with a loud plop. It was extremely difficult but she had taught herself how to read, she remembered practicing writing with a sharp rock against the stone walls of her cell. Her eyes flowed back and forth reading the rather large book. Morgiana frowned, Most of the words in the book she couldnt understand but she still kept going. THe book seemed to be some story of people on a ship. The pink colored sky soon faded to a dark blue and stars pierced through the darkness.
She sat the book down after only reading it for a short time after noticing that the sky was now dark. Morgiana slowly placed herself on her bed, it was embarrassing but morgiana had never even slept in a bed her whole life. She would always sleep on the floor of a hard cage. The comfort of the bed was so new to her and it welcomed her warmly.
Although she was comfortable she wanted to be near hakuryuu. She tossed and turned on her bed forcing her eyes shut but her efforts were futile. She grunted out in frustration and she knew she wanted to sleep next to him at least for one night. She crept out of her room and tiptoed through the dark hallway to wear hakuryuu was sleeping. To her disappointment the guards were still there, but to her advantage they were sleeping. Morgiana slowly walked right past them without a sound and opened the door silently. She walked over to hakuryuu's bed and he was already fast asleep he snored loudly but kept a peaceful innocent face causing a small smile to jerk across morgiana's face.
She soon grew extremely nervous. What do i do now, sleep in the bed? But i'm a slave i don't have that right! But he did say i was his friend and not his slave. But what if someone walked in and saw and would get angry and sell me again!? I dont want to lose him. Morgiana gave a sour face as she argued with herself in her head. She took the choice with less of a risk.
She would sleep on the floor.
Morgiana walked over to the side of the bed where the prince lay and laid herself on the floor beside him. Her head spinning with all the things that had happen to her in just one day. This is the best day she had ever experienced in her entire life she thought to herself before she drifted off into slumber feeling strangely safe knowing hakuryuu was just above her sleeping peacefully in his bed.
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Hakuryuu awoke with a loud yawn. He tried to place his foot on the ground but he hit something soft. He looked down to see his foot landed on a young girls thigh. There morgiana was curled up on her side her long eyelashes blooming from her closed eyes her hair a brilliant shade of red splayed out along the wooden floor. Hakuryuu jumped back onto his bed in surprise his eyes wide and moments later he bursts out into an uncontrollable laughter sending morgiana's crimson eyes flying open. This girl is just too amazing, what kind of woman sneaks into a man's room in the middle of the night and sleeps on the floor? hakuryuu asked himself.
She stares at the prince holding his stomach laughing loudly with a smile. His laughter waking him up fully. It takes him quite awhile before he starts to regain his senses he stares at the girl with a grin. "what were you doing?" He asks. "Sorry! I wanted to um... ." Her cheeks eliminated a shade of pink as she struggled to think of a reason but soon the words left her lips on her own "be n-near you" She spoke loudly and stuttered a bit as she picked herself up only to bow again.
"Its ok morgiana you don't have to apologize for everything." He said as he reached out and ruffled her already messy bed head. Hakuryuu felt strangely relieved that she had forgotten their akward moment from yesterday. He rose swiftly from his large bed and headed for his bathroom and he handed morgiana a brush after grabbing out of a wooden drawer. "Here your hair is horrible." he said with a gentle giggle morgiana noded and slowly grabbed the blue brush from his firm hand. She rarely ever brushed her hair and she honestly barely knew how to do it.
She awkwardly ran the brush through her hair. Hakuryuu noticing her struggling, removed it from her hands and grabbed a lock of her hair and started brushing it for her with a smile. "Here ill help you" he said gently. Morgiana nervously figgered with her hands and her cheeks grew hot. He slowly combed through her frizzy hair holding it so gently as if it was porcine that would crumble over the slightest touch. She didn't resist at all it felt to nice to have someone touching her hair as gently as he was, she almost felt as though she could actually rely on the smiling man next to her.
morgiana bit her lip she felt so happy she was about to cry. Hakuryuu continued to brush her soft blazing red hair with a few messy strands glowing from the morning light peeking through the mostly closed curtains of the gigantic windows. Why? Why was he so nice to her? why did he stick up for her all the time when people called her a slave? why did he treat her so gently? Why did he buy her for so much money, she had to repay him. She felt a lump in her throat and held her breath, it was hard but she managed to keep her tears contained for now.
"H-hakuryuu," she started to speak her voice raspy. "Why are you so nice to me?" She said holding in her unwanted tears as her voice grew loud. She didn't know why but she felt so emotional whenever she was near him it made her uncomfortable. "You don't have to be so nice! Im a slave i don't deserve this. Why? Why hakuryuu?" She said as tears escaped her eyes and rolled down her cheeks. Why was she crying? She just felt so utterly helpless. Hakuryuu wrapped his arms around her she quickly gave in to his familiar embrace breathing in his sent.
"why?" he paused for a long while. "morgiana, i think i love you." Hakuryuu thought as he squeezed her tighter. His face turning a shade of red to realize he had said it out loud.
Morgiana heart felt as if it would pound out of her chest at any given moment she had never had her heart race so fast in her entire life. Hakuryuu took a small step back still holding her waist. He stared intently at the girl he had just bought yesterday...and yet he had already felt this way about her? He had never felt this sort of attraction for any women before. All he knew is he just wanted to keep her by his side forever, he wanted to make her his. Here he was with a girl he just met and he's already thinking of forever.
He wasn't sure if it was love he was feeling, he was just so captivated by this girl. Morgiana stared at the man she could feel her face burning with a rose red. Her previous tears wiped away, probably on his robe. She wasn't sure what love really even was. She has only heard a few people say that too their child or spouse. She stared at hakuryuu with eyes clouded in confusion yet they burned with a flint of anticipation.
"Sorry. I shouldn't have said that." Hakuryuu said nervously taking a few steps away from the finalis girl. She let out a whimper as the heat of his body ripped away from her. "Hakuryuu?" She whispers. She almost felt like she had somehow disappointed him. Without another thought she jumped back into his arms hakuryuu's face twists with surprise. "M-morgiana!?" He gulps out. "Im not really sure what you mean buy 'love'... But i can try to learn for you." Morgiana shouts nervously with a determined look hakuryuu hides a chuckle with his hand, she looked so serious it was almost cute.
"What even is love?" Morgiana said twisting her head and finally releasing hakuryuu out of her strong grip. Hakuryuu furrows his brow and tries to think if there was even a way to explain 'love'. Hakuryuu sighs and plops on his bed yelling at himself for telling a girl he had just met that he loved her, and to make it worse technically he just bought her in a slave auction yesterday...and to make things even worse she had absolutely no clue what love even meant, and he was being asked to explain what it.
Did he really love her, yes he did and he knew it but he only met the poor broken girl yesterday. Was it love at first sight? No. He would never settle for something so cliche. Though thats almost what it felt like. Hakuryuu growed in frustration. He glanced at the girl still waiting for and explanation with her eyes exited.
She took a seat next to hakuryuu on his bed. He just wanted to bury himself in a whole at this moment. There was no way he could explain something he didn't entirely understand himself, but he would try. "Um, l-love is a feeling you get towards someone...i think." he whimpers hoping that would be enough to satisfy her. He looks at her and she only looked eager to hear more.
"What kind of feeling?"
"Um, wanting to be close to them and wanting to t-touch them i guess..and they make your heart race and..." He stops himslef, he didnt want to embarsses himself further. Hakuryuu's face eliminating a pink hue.
"Is that so? Hakuryuu, then i think i already love you."
Sorry the updates have been so crazy slow! I just get super lazy with writing sometimes and then other times i'm writing all day! Blah hope you liked this chapter Anyway tell me what you think please! Leave a review thank you ;)