Chapter 7

Hiromi and Richard continued to dance even after they had reached one of the outer walkways of the castle. The light short haired brunette then looked into the sky blue furred half cat's purple eyes as she asked, "Please don't take this the wrong way or anything, Richard. But why are you wearing this type of attire? I thought both you and your brother wore suits?"

She then noticed a light blush had appeared on the half cat's face as he answered, "Well you see Hiromi, there is something that both my brother and myself have not told you." He then stopped dancing as he took a few steps back away from her as he added, "Both Peter and myself are the princes to the neighboring kingdom of this one."

Hearing this caused the young woman to stand completely still as she started to slowly shake her head from one side to the other as she let out, "No way, you have to be joking right?"

"I'm sorry Hiromi, but I am not jesting with you in any way." Richard replied, as he then took something out of his pocket. He then opened his hand to reveal a small black box as he went on with, "Now please don't overreact Hiromi, but i was wondering..." He stopped himself from going any further as he opened the box to reveal a ring as he got down onto one knee and ended with, "I was wondering if you would allow me to have the honor of courting you."

The youngest Moon daughter looked at the sky blue furred half cat in complete shock as she quickly asked, "Wait are you trying to propose to me or something?"

Hearing this question caused the sky blue furred twin to cough once as a light blush again appeared on his face as he responded with, "Well, that was not my intentions since we have not gotten the chance to truly get to know one another." He then stood back up and put the box back into his pocket as he continued with, "But I thought that I should at least show my mother's ring."

"Wait that was your mother's ring?" Hiromi asked, as she lightly covered her mouth with her right hand.

"Yes, and Peter has our Father's ring." Richard explained, as he took both of her hands into his. He then stared into her gray eyes as he added, "But you should know that since Peter was born before me. This means that he has to return to castle to succeed both our Father and Mother. It also means that I can stay here and continue to run our mother's flower shop."

"I see. So was that your plan from the beginning dear brother?" Someone asked, causing the two to turn.

When they looked behind them though Hiromi saw that it was Peter who had asked that question as he now was wearing the same uniform as he his brother only his cape was red instead of black. And as the golden furred twin walked towards them he said, "I should have known that you would try and pull something like this." He then stopped walking once he stood close to his twin as he added, "So I take it that you also showed Hiromi our Mother's ring then?" When he saw his brother nod he let out a sigh as he then turned to face the young woman as he continued with, 'Then I suppose I should be heading back to the castle now." He then bowed to her as he ended with, "It is a shame that I had not brought our Father's ring with me from the start because then I would have asked you to come and live with me at the palace until you felt that we should be married."

"Um as kind of an offer as that would have been Peter. I'm afraid that I would have declined it anyway since I would like to keep in touch with my Father, unlike Louise who hasn't sent us a single letter ever since she left after getting married." Hiromi stated, as she did a small curtsy.

Peter stood back up as he replied, "I understand completely, Hiromi." He then turned to walk away but before he did this he looked at his brother from the corner of his eye as he added, "I hope that you know what you are doing, brother."

"Don't worry I know exactly what I am doing." Richard responded back with, as he took a few steps back so that he was standing next to the young woman. His brother nodded in understanding as he then continued to walk away from them.

After he had left though Hiromi looked up at the purple eyed half cat as she asked, "So does this mean that you two are related to Haru or not?"

"No we are not." The sky blue half cat answered, as he retook her hands again. Once he had done this he added, "You see Hiromi both my brother and I had always wondered what it was for the commoners when it came to getting by day by day. So one day we had asked our parents if we could live in the kingdom that our mother had grown up in and luckily for us they agreed. But before we left my mother wanted one of us to take over the flower shop while we stayed there. She also told us to ask a Baron by the name of Humbert von Gikkingen, if he would be willing to say that we were his nephews so that no one would get too curious of our back ground."

"Oh so by the way it sounds your mother did in fact grow up here?" The light short haired brunette asked, as she got a little bit closer to him.

The sky blue furred half cat nodded as he answered with, "Yes, and you do realize that when I return you home that I will have to explain myself and my brother to your Father."

As their lips a got a bit closer Hiromi reassured him with, "Don't worry I'm sure he'll understand."

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Haru and Lune watched the two as they kissed one another. And while that was going on the brunette let out a sigh of relief as she said, "Well, at least now I can stop pretending that both Peter and Richard are my cousins."

She saw her husband grin at her as he replied, "You do realize that I had to play along too, don't you? Because it was obvious to me from the start who they were."

"What you knew about Peter and Richard being royalty..." The Queen stated, before she trailed off. She then lightly hit her forehead as she added, "Of course you would have known that...how dumb of me."

She then lightly gasped when he removed her hand from her forehead and gently caressed her cheek as he responded with, "Haru darling, it is not your fault that you did not know this." He then smiled at her as he ended with, "Besides you are wonderful just the way you are."

The hazel eyed young woman thanked her beloved as their lips also met in a soft and tender kiss.

So how was this story pretty interesting wasn't it? Now yes I know that I most likely could have made it a few more chapters longer, but I really want to start working on my next story which is a crossover with Cat Return's and Howl's Moving Castle. So be sure to check that one out since the first chapter for it should be up sometime tomorrow. And like always thanks for reading and reviewing.