I have some time to myself, so might as well continue this thing. Enjoy!
"Warden! Hold on a moment!" Mistress yelled as she chased after him. They hadn't spoken since she first arrived. She had been here for a couple days, and she had been trying to talk to him. She didn't even see him during the day. He locked himself in his office, and only came out to eat. When she asked Jared if she could speak with him, he said that the Warden was busy. This time she wasn't going to let him get away.
"Warden! Please! I just want to talk!" Mistress grabbed his arm to keep him from leaving.
"What do you need, Mistress?" He asked with his back to her.
"Well, first off I'd like you to look me in the eye when we talk." She said with her hands on her hips. When he didn't turn around, she turned him to face her. She gasped out loud. He had bags under his eyes, his hair was a disaster, and he looked like he would pass out at any given moment.
"Warden!" She said. "When was the last time you've slept!"
The Warden blinked and he shrugged.
"I don't know. Maybe a few days..." He said as he tumbled forward. The Mistress caught him, and supported his weight on her shoulders.
"Come on, Warden. You are going to bed right now." She said as she started to drag him toward his room.
"I'm...alright." Warden said as he tried to stand. Mistress just shook her head, and kept him on her shoulder.
"Warden, you are obviously not alright. You need to sleep."
"But, I can't...I have to...finish the paperwork..." He said as he struggled in her grip.
Mistress was surprised. She never thought he took his work seriously. She thought he would play around like he always does.
"Warden, you just let me take care of that. You need to sleep. Right, now. No ifs, ands, or buts about it." She said in a stern voice.
Warden smiled and looked at her. "Heh...you said...butts..."
Mistress let a small smile tug on the corners of her mouth, but she didn't say anything. Maybe she spoke to soon. When they finally made it, she opened the door and dragged him in. She laid him down on his bed, and tucked him. He pulled the blankets up close to him, and closed his eyes. She stood there, and watched him for awhile. When she was sure he was asleep, she planted a small kiss on his forward.
"Sweet dreams." She muttered. She then walked out of his room, and headed towards his office. The Warden smiled, and turned over to fall asleep.
The Mistress walked over to Warden's office. She was confused when she heard laughter coming from it. She stopped, and listened.
"I can't belive he has this." Said the unmistakable voice of Charice.
"Yeah, I know. I was pretty shocked when I first found it. Warden just accidentily left it on his desk on cleaning day, and I found it. I always wondered why he had a secret compartment in his desk." She heard Jared say.
"Mistress has the exact same thing, but it's in her room." Charice said.
Mistress was confused. What were they talking about? Something that both the Warden and herself owned. She decided to listen some more.
"No way! You can't mess with me about this sort of stuff." Jared said.
"Yep. She does. You know what they say. Warden and Mistress sitting in a tree."
Jared smiled and joined in.
"K-I-S-S-I-N-G! First comes love, then comes marriage, and then comes a baby in a baby carriage!"
They both started cracking up, and Mistress felt her face heat up. She was going to end this. She opened the door to the room with a scowl on her face. She saw Jared and Charice sitting in the Warden's chair next to each other. They both jumped out of it, and Jared quickly stuffed what appeared to be a picture in the desk.
"M-Mistress!" Jared said. "The Warden isn't h-here. He l-left to do something. He might not b-be back for-"
"I'm aware of that. I just helped him retire to his room for the day. He has asked me to fill out the paperwork. Although, I'm sure he would also like me to inform him that his assistant was in his chair going through his stuff..." She said.
Jared got a horrified expression on his face before it turned to confusion.
"You mean you actually got him to sleep?" He asked in disbelief.
"Well, ofcourse. It was obvious he needed it." She answered.
"I've been trying to get him to sleep for days! How did you do it?" Jared asked.
Mistress was silent for a moment. She was wondering the same. Warden had actually listened and obeyed her. She shook her head and glared at the accountants.
"Never mind how. I need to get started and you two need to leave." She told them.
They nodded and hurriedly ran out the room. Mistress sighed and walked over to the desk. There was a stack of papers all needing to be filled out. As she sat in his chair, she noticed something peeking out of the desk. She pulled it out to reveal a picture of herself. Now she knew what Charice and Jared were talking about. She had a picture of the Warden set up in her room in Ultraprison. She blushed as she put it back, but smiled too. She didn't know why, but she was a little happier after seeing that in the Warden's office.
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