Erghhh … sorry … Shade and Bright won't be in this one after all. Hope you enjoy it! Thank you to anyone who reviewed! And I am SO sorry for not updating for MONTHS … -.-" I STILL have MOUNTAINS of HOMEWORK … which seriously sucks …

Chapter 4

"I'm so excited. Most of our friends are coming tomorrow, and they'll even be staying here for three weeks!"

"Yeah! It's a shame we can only see them for one day, though, not including Shade and Bright-sama. Aaaah … Bright-sama … I can't wait for tomorrow! I bet you can't wait to see Shade, right, Fine?"

Fine blushed and nodded.

"Oh there's no need for you to feel embarrassed. I feel the same way, though not about Shade. I really like Bright-sama," Rein gushed.

"Even better, Shade and Bright will be staying in our castle, since they did their tasks already!"

"I wonder what everybody is doing though …"Rein pondered out loud. They walked in silence for a while, looking around at the newly bloomed flowers in the courtyard.

"Princess Fine! Princess Rein! There you are ~pumo!"

"Poomo! You're finally back! How was your trip?" Fine and Rein rushed to help Poomo with his heavy luggage he was obviously struggling with.

"It was great! Thank you, Princess Fine, Rein ~pumo," he said as he stretched his aching arms.

"Where did you go? We missed you!"

Poomo's eyes widened. "You missed me? WWAAAAAAAAHHHHH! You are such ladylike princesses ~pumo!" he wailed, crying a river of tears.

"Where did you go?" they asked again, smiling.

"Eh?" Oh no! What do I do? I can't tell them! Poomo panicked, almost unable to refuse their nicely asked question. He thought, "Their smiles are so genuine. It's so hard to refuse a request whenever they smile like that."

"Poomo?"

"Oh! Umm … well … I'm sorry, Fine, Rein. But I can't tell ~pumo." he averted his eyes away from the princesses' own and stared at the ground.

"… Poomo …" Fine and Rein's hearts sank. Why wasn't anybody telling them anything? What was so important that they weren't allowed to know even one bit of detail?

"Anyway, I'll see you two later ~pumo! I'm going to go find your parents, okay?"

Fine nodded. "O-okay."

Rein said, "Mm."

After Poomo had left, they sighed and headed towards the elevator which took them to the town of the Sunny Kingdom.

"Hey, Rein. Why do you think everyone is avoiding our questions about 'what's happening'?"

Rein furrowed her brow in thought. "I dunno … but … since it's our birthday soon … do you think …?"

Fine looked up. "Yeah … I guess … but it's three weeks away, so maybe not."

"Ah … right. Well, let's not worry about that for now, and go buy some stuff to decorate Bright and Shade's rooms with!"

Fine beamed. "Okay! We also need to clean their rooms up a bit. They haven't been used for a while."

"Yippee! Let's go!" And with their usual carefree attitude, Fine and Rein skipped off.

Sorry for the shortness. Bright and Shade will DEFINITELY be in the next chapter! I promise! And again, I am SO sorry for not updating sooner! You really have no idea how bad I feel.