Amu
There was some sort relief and joy in finding out that the prince who appealed to me the most was the prince of Hinyst. It was soon revealed that the other prince was from Abrax, a medium-sized country that thrived on spices.
I placed the card on my bedside table along with the mask he gave me, call me obsessive but I like to save items that mean a lot to me. Perhaps one day I will show my own children the card and the mask, and tell them how their father was a graceful dancer that managed to make me swoon.
Compare to that swine that placed his hands in innapropriate places. Abrax was supposed to be polite and well-mannered, while he was everything but. His name is Hotori Tadase, a boy with eyes that matched a ruby and golden hair that could compare with the petals of sunflowers. He looked rather kind, but I guess you should never judge a book by its cover.
I slipped into my silk pajamas and crawled into my bed, relishing in the way my pink satin covers felt against my freshly shaved legs. For the first time in two days, I felt like I could fall asleep calmly.
I hummed as Mio prepared me an outfit for my first date with the prince, she smiled at the sight of me.
"You seem joyful this evening." She commented.
"I am, for I might be able to marry a sweet gentleman." I told her and she took out a mint green summer dress with white polka dots covering it with a sweetheart neckline, it ended right above my knees and seemed perfect for today.
"Yes, absolutely yes. May you please grab my floppy sun hat?" I asked her and dug through my drawers until she finally found it. I began to dress myself, not minding if Mio was in the room. She has been dressing me since I was young, what am I to be embarrassed of now? Mio then proceeded to get my white knee-highs and hand them to me, and while I put them on, she typed something on her tablet.
"Your schedule is planned out, you shall have a picnic in the garden with Prince Ikuto and finish in an hour. Then you have a history lesson quickly followed by an anatomy lesson." She told me and I nodded.
"Got it, I'll see you later then." I kissed her cheek before running out of my room, regaining my composure as soon as I reached the main entrance where Prince Ikuto was waiting for me. Just like myself, he was dressed casually. He wore a white shirt with ripped jeans, I've never seen a boy in ripped jeans but I wasn't complaining. He looked up from his phone once he noticed my presence a little smirk met his lips when he looked at me.
"You look fantastic." He told me and I instantly blushed.
"Thank you, and you do as well." I complimented him back and his arm slithered around my waist, the action surprising me but it was somewhat comforting. Since he still didn't know where to go, I led him to the garden outside. Outside were guards waiting with a basket and red-and-white checkered blanket. They set everything up for us and left us alone, we both sat down and took one of the ham sandwiches.
"So Princess," He said in a low voice, one that was different from last night, but still seemed familiar. "Why did you choose me?"
"You were very kind and charming, and the other prince was disgusting." I told him, taking a bite out of my sandwich and swallowing it. "He thought it was alright to touch me how he pleased and speak to me in a manner that was unnacceptable."
"Really? Something like this?" Ikuto placed a hand on my hip, rubbing me and I felt a warm sensation spiral through me. He even leaned in a whispered something in my ear that I would never dare to repeat, I pushed him off and stared at him with wide eyes.
"You're the black club prince! How d-did you even manage to get Tadase's card?" I was stunned, still feeling the lingering feeling his hand left.
"Easily." He responded taking a sip out of one of the tea cups.
"You can't just do that, Tadase deserves this date." I fired back.
"No, you chose the red heart, which I had at the time. I deserve this date, and you can't back out of it." He pointed out with a wicked smirk.
"You can't do anything to me, there are guards everywhere." I reminded him.
"I don't want to take your virginity princess." He scoffed and my face flushed. "I want to know what you're like."
"What I'm like?"
"Dragran is known for being the prissy country, so I want to see if you match." He chuckles, "I supposed you do."
"What is that supposed to mean?" I asked him.
"Are you a prissy little princess, and I my prediction is correct because you are one." He grabbed a grape from the pile of fruit we had.
"I am not prissy." I argued.
"You are prude, you can not handle a joke, and I am pretty sure you have never been outside of these castle walls." He listed off the reasons and there was surely a check on the last thing he said. My parents always said that a princess should handle matters inside of the castle, and that I could greet my people once I became queen. "I take your silence as confirmation."
"I am not prissy, you are a coniving pervert." I argued, not wanting to admit that he was somewhat right.
"I bet you haven't even had your first kiss yet." He said in a low voice, grabbing my chin and making sure I was making eye contact with him. I instantly grabbed his wrist, taking his pinky finger and pulling it back and he winced. "Ow, let me go!" He begged and I smiled tightly.
"Do not touch me without my permission." I let him go and he stared at his hand, I expected him to scream at me but instead he just smirked.
"Feisty." He chuckled.
"You might as well attend to a different princess because I am not choosing you to be my king." I spat and he shook his head.
"A lot can happen in three months, we fall in love with the most unexpected people." He popped another grape into his mouth.
"You think I'll fall in love with you? You are sadly mistaken, because you are too disgusting to fall in love with." I snapped and his crooked smile wavered momentarily.
"All of this anger and pent up sexual frustration is getting to you, I think you need to relieve some of it."
"What are you, a masochist?"
"That makes you the sadist." He winked at me and I shivered in disgust.
"If I could get up and leave right now, I absolutely would." I told him, crossing my arms over my chest.
"It starts like this, you know. This hate directed towards me becomes an obsession, constantly thinking about stuff you don't like about me." As he was speaking, I felt his body draw near mine, and I backed up. "Then you start thinking a little deeper, things that you actually like about me. It soon becomes lust, physical attraction that then later turns into love."
"It sounds like you have this planned out." I was intimidated, even though I did not want to admit it. Ikuto seemed certain, confident that it would work out this way.
"It's just how you girls work, such simple and stupid creatures." He smirked and I raised my hand, a stinging spreading across my palm as his cheek grew red.
"The only simple thing here is you." I stood up and brushed myself off. "This picnic was terrible to say the least, and I hope you never come to contact with me again." I smiled tightly at him and walked away, not caring about the fact that I had promised him an hour. He was a pig, someone I would never associate with him by my own free will.
"Sister, are you not supposed to be on your date?" Ami asked as she passed by me in the corridor, stopping to look at me.
"I shall not spend another second with that man, it is the twenty-first century and he treats women like we're animals. He even called me prissy." I scoffed, shuddering at the thought of him touching me again.
"You said he was a complete gentleman last night." She was confused by my reaction.
"He switched the cards so he would have the first date with me." I told her and she gasped.
"I just don't understand why he would switch the cards if he was going to be so cruel to you." She said and and I shrugged.
"He's a sadist, and I know what my decision will be in three months." I faked a smile for her. "I shall go speak to Tadase before my lessons to apologize for the inconvenience, he was the one who really deserved the date."
"Is it really smart doing that? You wouldn't want to start unnecessary conflict between them." Ami warned.
"With Ikuto's behavior, there will be conflict between the two anyway." I told her and she shrugged, we said our farewells and I made my way down the hall.
