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Chapter 4
Picnic fun
Albel got ready one day to leave the mansion, taking along with him a picnic basket full of food. He set off down the streets towards Shizuka's house; he had found out that going on a picnic was a activity that couples would do and since he wanted to try and make this thing work without too much awkwardness, he decided to give it a try. After all, he would be living the rest of his life with this girl. He had to make sure he was not going to kill the poor girl in the process; the 'caring' part of him had atleast that amount of compassion.
He got to the door of her house and knocked on the door. Shizuka's mother opened the door and looked rather startled.
"Lord Albel! What a pleasant surprise!" She said, bowing her head.
"I am here for the worm, so I will be coming in," Albel said. Shizuka's mother looked rather shocked, but could not refuse. She let him past and he walked through the house, up the stairs and looked into each room until he found her snuggled cosily in her bed. He put the basket down near the door and walked towards her bed. He smirked, a somewhat evil look appearing in his eyes. He crept onto the bed, crawling to be hovering over her with his face looking down at her sleeping one. Sometime later Shizuka moved a little, coming to rest on her back. She opened her eyes slowly and blinked a few times, seeing someone hovering over her. Albel. She screamed and pulled the covers up to hide her face, throwing Albel off of the bed and onto the floor. Shizuka gasped when she heard the thump and poked her head over the side of the bed, seeing Albel on his back. She sat back, wide-eyed and scared.
"I-I am so sorry! I did not mean to push you onto the floor!" Shizuka stammered. Albel sat up, rubbing his head.
"Bah. Let's just go," Albel said, getting up and pulling her out of her bed. She turned bright red as he saw her in her night gown. He turned around, a slight blush appearing on his cheeks. "I will wait outside. Just get changed and do not attempt escaping. I will find you." He walked out of the room, picking up the basket on the way.
Shizuka got changed and walked out of her room, to see Albel standing there looking as moody as ever.
"Done? Finally. We are going out, come," he said, pulling her by the arm. She could do nothing but go along with him, in fear of his wrath. He led her through the streets and out of the town into the hills that surrounded Kirlsa. Albel lay out a blanket for them to sit down on. He sat down on the floor, gesturing for her to join him. He brought out a lot of food and lay them out on the blanket.
"I hope you are hungry," Albel said. Shizuka nodded a little and knelt down on the blanket. "Well? Take as much food as you want, there is plenty." Shizuka nodded quickly and picked up a sandwich, eating with a shaking hand. Albel watched her silently, inside shaking his head about her silliness.
"So…how have you been?" Albel asked, not sure what to say. He was sure that if she got over her fear of him, she would speak to him more and they would have a normal conversation. Shizuka gulped down her food and nodded.
"I have been fine…" she replied, her eyes seeming to show that she had been feeling down about the whole arrangement.
"Hmm," was all Albel could reply. He could see she was lying, but he did not want to press it any further.
Shizuka picked up a drink and poured it into a glass. She picked up a biscuit and took a bite. She suddenly spilled her drink and the biscuit stayed in her mouth. Albel jumped forward to help her and when he had, he cheekily took a bite from the biscuit in her mouth and snapped a piece from it. He smirked as she got flustered and jumped back, so much so that she fell backwards onto her back. He spied blue underwear underneath all of the frills and quickly stood up, walking over to help her up. She shook as she was pulled back into sitting position. She turned her face and saw Albel sitting rather close to her. He stopped her moving away.
"Stop moving away, worm. We are getting married whether you like it or not, so you had better start getting used to me," Albel said bluntly. Shizuka looked at him fearfully, but did not say anything. Albel turned back to eating.
After some time, Albel and Shizuka packed up the picnic and headed back to Kirlsa. Albel was thinking all the way back, thinking about her and how this was probably not going to work. She was far too scared of him. He sighed and they got to standing outside her house. He turned to her.
"I want to talk to you about something, can we go inside?" He asked. She nodded and led him up to her room. He turned to her and sighed.
"This whole marriage thing is not going to work; you are obviously totally against it. I am going to talk to Woltar and have him cancel the arrangement," Albel explained. He wondered why his heart sank when he said those words. He shook himself internally. Shizuka gave a faint smile and bowed.
"T-thank you very much, Lord Albel…I am sorry for the inconvenience…I am just…I am not very comfortable around you…I am sorry," she whispered. Albel nodded.
"No need to apologise, worm. It was obvious you disliked me and I am neither shocked nor angry," Albel said. He gave a gruff wave and left the house.