Disclaimer: Pandora Hearts does not belong to me. I am but a humble and super duper addicted fan of it who decided to make a fanfic of my all-time favorite manga and anime.

Chapter six! Woohoo! I can just see the story unfold! Haha. No, not really. I don't really plan my stores. XD I do it on the spot once I sort of have an idea of what to do. LOLs.

Oz's coming of age party comes on the next chapter. And yes, there's no coming of age ceremony because I don't wanna have to suffer thinking of dialogues for formal ceremonies.

It took me forever to write this because I was screaming half the time while writing one scene. THAT scene. I suppose another cause is that I have not experienced it yet, so I'm just trying to recall what I've read in books and other manga and it's a bit hard...

Okay. I'm sure you're all excited to find out what the scene is, so let's start!

::{ Alice POV}::

Finally! I'm finally rid of that freak! And finally away fro my father. I feel so unnerved when I'm around him. It's like, when we attend formal parties when he's around, I have to pretend I'm incredibly happy. I can usually put up my fake smile but today, I met the bastard who bumped into me yesterday. I noticed that he and Jack looked strangely alike, but I never expected the scum to be the prince I was supposed to meet! Ugh, he totally pisses me off. Well, not to worry though. Soon enough, he's going to be my servant, be under my mercy, heeding my every order.

And speaking of Jack…

Alyss just loves to be around Jack and somehow, I'm quite thankful for it. It helps me get her off my back when he's around. All I have to do is find an excuse to go away and I'm free. Sometimes, Alyss even BEGS me to leave her and Jack alone. Yeah, she's fallen head over heals for him, or so she says; I don't really know what it means. Even though he helps me get rid of Alyss, he can be a real pain most of the time. Everyday, all that ever comes out of Alyss' mouth is the name "Jack." Jack this, Jack that. She always quotes his words, greets him in the morning even though he's not there, talks about him during our strolls alone, talks about him before going to bed, tells him "Good night, sweet dreams," even if he's not with us, and says that Jack will come during snack time! She's driving me nuts with her crazy-in-love mode! It's just torture when I have to listen to her quietly, swallowing every story she has about that braided blond guy! I can't afford to make her angry since our parents tell me not to, but she's stretching my patience string to its limit; and soon, it's gonna snap. And it won't be long now, before it does.

As for the little blondie with me right now, he's pressed the "on" button of my bomb and it's ticking away. He's walking way ahead of me and he's not supposed to! I'm his master, so I should be walking in—

The blondie kid turned around and stopped on his tracks. What's he up to? I raised my eyebrow in silent question. Suddenly, he grabbed my hand and smiled. WHAT THE HELL? What the crap's he smiling about?

I was about to ask that question but he turned around and ran off, saying, "Come on, Alice, Ada! I think we're far enough from them, so let's go play!"

Aaaaaaaaaargh…. This kid is WAY too annoying.

::{ Oz POV}::

From where we were standing I couldn't see them, so that meant that they couldn't see us and then we can escape and play! I grabbed Alice's hand and smiled my "trust-me" smile. The message didn't get through the receiving end as effectively as I thought it would and Alice had an incredulous look on her face as though asking, "What the hell are you doing?" So I turned around and ran, answering her unsaid question.

Alice suddenly slapped her hand away from mind. "Don't act too friendly and most of all, DO NOT touch me so casually!" she shouted. Oh no… I hope nobody heard her shout. It might cause an uproar.

"Alice-" Then she kicked me on the face, hitting my chin, causing me to fall down on the floor. She brought her foot down hard, VERY hard, onto my stomach, causing me to gasp. Ah… This is pure torture…

"Don't talk back to me!" she screamed. "Have you already forgotten what I told you yesterday? 'You are my servant,' is what I said and I was serious. Dead serious."

Ada whimpered in one corner and instantly, she ran off, crying. "Ada!" I called, trying to maker her come back.

Without warning, my collar got pulled violently. "Are you listening to me?" Alice asked, glaring at me.

"Y-Yes…" I replied nervously.

I thought she was gonna let go of my collar but she didn't. In fact, she did the complete opposite.

All of a sudden, she kissed me. On the lips. Yes, she pulled my collar and kissed me. Her lips were soft and warm as they came in contact with mine. I tried to struggle but I couldn't. What she did seemed to mesmerize me and I felt the world dissolve around us. I closed my eyes obligingly and kissed her back.

Then she pulled away, smiling her complacent smile, and stood up straight. "That's proof of our contract," she said.

My jaw dropped. "What contract?" I asked, stupefied.

"What contract, you ask…" she said, her eyes widening in surprise. "…the contract of you belonging to me, as a servant, of course."

"Servant?" I asked skeptically.

"Why, yes. From today on, I'm your master and you're my servant," she said proudly. "My mother and Alyss said that a kiss seals a contract wherein one person will belong to another."

Alice is obviously talking about marriage or something along the line. She was correct about the part that it seals a "contract," and with that contract, one person will belong to another indeed. But she missed something: it also works vice versa. I suppose knowing this girl, although just for a short while, would tell me that she probably only caught the words "one person will belong to another," completely ignoring the "vice versa," part. Oh this girl… She's really taking everything at her own pace.

::{ Gil POV}::

I'm worried about the Young Master. Knowing him, he would immediately look for me and play. It's almost been an hour. What's taking him so long?

From the bushes, Ada emerged, running and crying. She didn't see me here and bumped into me. I grabbed her hand as soon as I could to prevent her from falling down.

"Gil…" she said, looking up at me with eyes full of tears. Did she and Oz have a fight? Is that why he took so long? Is that the reason why Ada is crying?

"Ada, what's wrong?" I asked, kneeling down in front of her and patting her head in an attempt to calm her down.

"She's scary…" replied Ada. She? Oh no… Not HER.

"Who is?" I asked.

"The pretty girl with long dark hair and braids…" said Ada. I knew it. It IS her! What the hell did she do this time?

"What did she do?" I asked, trying to keep my temper in check.

"She… She…" croaked Ada before bursting into tears again. She kept wailing and didn't stop until I hugged her.

"Don't worry Ada. Everything's going to be okay," I said as I patted her back. "Let's go find her. I'm going to beat her up for making you cry, okay?"

Hehe~ Let's see you do that, Gil. Um... I hope it's okay. Anyway, tomorrow I'm going overseas and won't be back until the 3rd of December, I think. I'll try and update it if I can while I'm in another country. As soon as I come back, I promise I'll update a LOT of chapters, because during the flight, I might write. Then when I come back, I'll type it up and update the story. :D