Hi Guys! And SORRY! .clasps hands together.

I'm really sorry that i haven't updated since July but apparently i moved in August and was internet-less for a month! Then i have some family issues and im back to where i used to live blah blah blah. (Its a long and complicated story -_-' )

Soooo now im back at my regular high school as a senior! xD IM so EXICTED! WHOO! i'll do my best from now on to update this story as i send applications to college and sholarships! As i read my emails of you guys posting reviews, puting this story as a favorite and alert and liking me as an author, i thank you bunches! :D (It means alot to me that you guys read and enjoyed my story even though i havent updated in so long. ^^;)

IT MADE MY DAY! buut i feel really guilty about not posting and been working on this since August! This chapter will be divided into part one and two since it would be waaaaaay too long on one chapter for you guys to read. O.o'

Enjoy! :D DISCLAIMER~ i do NOT own heart no kuni no alice, Quinn rose does.


Chapter seven: Chance of heart (Part one)

The morning sunlight shined brightly through the open window of Alice's room and gently caused her to stir in her bed. The foreigner stayed asleep in her bed as the sound of a door creaked opened and a certain person walked into her room. He quietly closed the door shut behind him and softly walked towards Alice as she slept. When he reached her bed the person looked down at Alice and a smile etched itself on his face. He watched her as she slept but couldn't resist the urge and-

PLOP!

"Oof! What the?" stuttered Alice as something heavy fell on her and hugged her tightly.

"Good morning my love! My life! My beautiful Alice! The owner of my heart! No, my soul! No, my everything!"

Oh…I should have known….

"Peter….Get off me!" cried Alice as she tried to push the Prime minister off her and out of her bed. But Peter wouldn't budge and he kept hugging Alice close to him. She kept trying to get away from him until Peter started laughing and whispered something in her ear.

"Alice? About yesterday… Will you go on a date with me?"

"EH?!" Alice quickly turned around and covered her ear as she looked at Peter smiling back at her. His face was extremely close to hers that the foreigner couldn't help at looking at his facial features and be memorized at how handsome he looked. She kept staring at his face until Peter poked her cheek with a smile on his face.

"Alice my dear, you're blushing a bright red"

Alice pushed Peter away from her and jumped out of bed as Peter laughed at her reaction. She put her hands up to cover her cheeks in embarrassment only to feel the heat emitting off them.

No…I-it can't be! I'm b-blushing?! B-but w-why?

Peter only stared at Alice with a smirk along his lips. He never saw Alice like this flustered in front of him and he had to admit it. He liked it. It made him love her even more if it were possible. "So… I'll take that as a yes, right my dear?"

"I...uh….I did not say anything! I don't want to go on any so-called-date with you! Who knows what you might do to me!"

"B-but Alice! I would never do anything to hurt you! Besides when I hang out with you, I don't do anything bad to you so you can trust me."

"That's not hanging out! What you call 'hanging out' is called stalking!"

"Stalking? I'm simply watching ove-"

"Oh I see that we came at the wrong time..."

At the sound of the third voice, Peter and Alice whipped their heads to see Vivaldi standing in the doorway. She held a frown on her face seeing how Peter was in Alice's room, bothering her and ditching his work. Especially to bother the foreigner when she is still in her sleeping garment. Vivaldi took a few steps into the room and raised her staff to hit Peter in the back of his head.

"Ow…. What was that for?" hissed Peter as he rubbed his aching head.

The frown on Vivaldi's face had now deepened at the irritating rabbit. "You shouldn't bother Alice and ditch your work Prime minister…." Peter glared at Vivaldi. He hated it when the roleholders constantly reminded him of his purpose and role here in Wonderland. However, he shook it off since he had no need to hold on to the past. He had Alice here with him, near him. Even if she never returned his feelings, he had Alice there to make him smile as if he was actually happy and away from this germ-infested place.

"Besides we came to spend the day with Alice while you on the other hand shall work today for the time lost from yesterday."

"What!? There is no way; I am staying here all day working on some paperwork while you spend time with my lovely Alice! I always have that pathetic king do my paperwork anyways so there is no need for me to do any work. Plus I came here first to spend the day with Alice!"

Seeing how Vivaldi wanted to spend time with his precious Alice was not going to occur any time soon. Peter was not going to let Alice out of his sight during her stay at heart castle. No…not now or ever. He wasn't going to let this chance slip by him. This was his only and probably last chance Peter had and he wasn't going to let anyone take Alice away from him.

"Peter White! Must we remind you that Alice can be with anyone she wishes to be around with as she pleases? She might have spent the day with you yesterday but we wish to spend time with her too! So stop being so selfish and jealous about keeping her to yourself!"

"I am not being selfish! I'm simply protecting her so she won't get infected with any germs that you or anyone else might be carrying!"

"Germs!? We are the Queen of hearts! How dare you disrespect us! Remember your place and role, Prime minister!"

"Queen or not, you still carry germs just like the faceless! Besides I already made plans with Alice and we are going to spend the day together!" Peter shouted as he grabbed Alice's arm and pulled her alongside him, keeping his hands on her shoulders.

However, as Vivaldi and Peter continue to bicker at each other, Alice kept her anger from lashing out. She didn't want 'to add oil to the fire' and make this argument worse but after what Peter had said and grabbing her to his side well… it just crossed the line. So when Vivaldi started to retort after Peter's remark of comparing her to the faceless: Alice coldly pushed herself out of Peter's arms and stood in-between the two roleholders.

She faced Peter with a fierce look upon her face and her arms crossed as the two roleholders took notice of the foreigner standing in-between them. Alice was tapping her foot impatiently at the ground as an outraged mother had found her children doing something she did not approve them doing.

"Like I said earlier Peter…..I didn't agree to spend the day with you…" snapped Alice

"The blush on your face was enough for me to understand as a yes, my lovely Alice"

Now Alice felt the blush crept up her neck to her cheeks again. She did not know if she was either angry at the white rabbit for mentioning it or embarrassed that Vivaldi had heard she was blushing because of Peter. To get rid of her discomfort Alice quickly punched Peter across the face, making him land on the floor.

"I WASN'T blushing! I was…surprised! That's all! Stop saying such nonsense Peter!"

"But I'm not lying my dear! I saw you blushing! See? You're blushing right now!" Peter pointed a finger at Alice's cheeks from his position on the floor. Alice brought her hand up to feel her cheek only to jerk it away from her skin. She felt the heat emitting off them again and couldn't believe it. She had to say a snappy comeback or else.

"I'm not blushing! My face is red from anger, Peter! There's a difference between blushing and having your face red from anger! Besides I would never blush in front of you or anything about you!"

Vivaldi shook her head and took a seat at the foot of Alice's bed. Now it was her turn to watch Alice and Peter bicker at each other but looked more like Alice lecturing Peter than bickering. Vivaldi sighed in defeat knowing she wouldn't be able to spend time with Alice if Peter was around them. She wanted to speak to Alice about something that had been nagging the corner of her mind. But it appeared as today she wasn't going to have that chance.

The Queen of hearts looked up to see the young foreigner throwing pillows at Peter and realized she can help Julius and Nightmare with the situation after all. An idea popped into the Queen's mind as she observed the scene. Vivaldi acted quickly and raised her staff to put it in front of Alice. The foreigner quickly stopped throwing pillows and looked at Vivaldi with a surprised face.

"Alice…it's alright. We understand what is going on and will look for you when there are no further interruptions from the Prime minister."

A low growl-like sound came from Peter as he looked at the Queen with a hated look. Vivaldi glared back at Peter for a second and then returned her gaze to Alice. Alice slowly pulled the pillow towards her chest, hugging it tightly. She hung her head down and whispered an apology to Vivaldi.

"Oh dear Alice, there is nothing for you to apologize for. We simply didn't except Peter here in your chambers when we could be having tea and such." Vivaldi simply stated as she lifted Alice's chin up so she can look at her. Alice noticed that Vivaldi was acting a lot like someone she knew. She also looked a lot like this person Alice was trying to think about but couldn't seem to remember who it was. Alice started to enter into another daze as if that voice from the day before was calling out to her again…only in her thoughts.

"Alice?"

"…Eh..?"

"Are you OK? We saw your eyes change into a deeper color than they are…"

"I...uh... I feel fine Vivaldi. Did you say something?"

Peter's ears shot up as he listened to this. He stood up and dusted this jacket from any possible germs around him but kept his eyes on Alice. Vivaldi started to worry over Alice but she kept replying that she was fine and nothing to worry about her. However, Peter and Vivaldi both knew that was lie. It was something to worry about, especially for Peter.

Please…not now! Anything but now! It can't be the beginning signs of it…can it? Please…just a little while longer… I still have time to make Alice stay here with me…

"Well Alice, if you say your fine we shall take your word for it."

"I'm sure Vivaldi"

Vivaldi sighed with worry and relief. "Well we should take our heed and leave you be. It seems like the Prime minister has his 'heart' set on spending the day with you. But we shall not let him go by without a punishment!"

Vivaldi raised her staff and pointed it at the white rabbit with a stern look. "Since my personal lady-in-waiting is in the hospital for the day Prime minister, you shall head into town doing her task for the day. Plus if what you say is true of having plans with Alice, she can tag along with you."

"Really!" Peter jumped for joy with a blissful face as Alice simply gave herself a face palm. Peter finally won this battle and was ready for anything that dare cross their way for his love for Alice. Vivaldi walked to the doorway but stopped as she faced the wide open door. She turned around to face the foreigner and the white rabbit with a playful smirk upon her face.

"Oh…by the way Alice. This is the longest we have ever seen you in your sleeping garment without giving a punch to Peter by now. I thought you had already done that when I walked in but I see no mark on him...well we expect the task done before evening then."

And with that Vivaldi walked out of the door to avoid the punishment Peter was about to receive. She did took in account that before shutting the door she saw the bright red blooming across the foreigner's face, the opening and closing of her mouth in shock and the trembling from her tightly clenched fists. The sound of something heavy thrown to the wall and shattered glass echoed through the walls as Vivaldi continued to walk away from the bedroom. She smiled to herself as she thought that maybe there was hope after all for Alice forgiving them for what they were hiding from her and of why this happened in the first place…


"Hehehehe. Who would have thought Vivaldi's special task was some chocolate in town?"

"The Queen is very specific with her chocolate my dear Alice, it is nothing of a laughing manner… although, your laughter is quite pleasant to hear to my ears."

Alice quickly sent a glare at the white rabbit at his remark making him smile even more. Peter and Alice were walking side by side on the streets of the town that belong to heart territory. The faceless that had been walking by the pair kept staring at the visible red hand mark on the Prime minister's cheek. However, Peter ignored their stares and enjoyed the current bliss he was in with having Alice by his side.

She belongs to be by my side and no one else's. No one can love her as much as I do...

After Peter's remark of Alice's laughter, it had gotten quiet between the two. Curious of why Peter was actually quiet for once Alice looked up at Peter from the corner of her eye. What she saw did not please her and a frown was now visible on the foreigner's face. She saw a dreamy look that spread across Peter's face along with a silly grin. Alice couldn't believe that Peter was already having his 'perverted thoughts' on them being a couple or on her.

She kept her eyes on him to keep her guard and protect herself of any perverted actions Peter might commit. Instead, she took notice on how his ruby eyes looked in his current state. Enchanted by the shade of red and how Peter looked so…cute right now. He wasn't even in bunny form and here was Alice staring at him like earlier this morning. The way his hair swayed as he walked, his fragile pale skin, his round glasses hiding his red ruby eyes, the long white rabbit ears looking soft and fluffy and the look on his face was all so memorizing. She did not even notice that she held in her breathe and clenched the basket of chocolates closer to her chest. Alice's heart even skipped a beat at the sight of Peter as they continued walking down the paved streets.

Wh-what's going on? Why is m-my heart acting like this?

Alice then hanged her head low in defeat as she thought to herself. She tried to figure out what was going on with her that she didn't notice the person in front of her. She continued walking and ended up bumping into the person.

"Oh! I'm so sorry, dear girl! I didn't see you there!" exclaimed the faceless man.

"I'm fine...I wasn't looking where I was going so it's my fault" replied Alice as she rubbed her head.

"….."

"Uh...Sir? Are you alright?"

"….P-Peter?"

At the sight of this 'man' Peter snapped out of his daydreaming and rushed to Alice's aid. Peter had managed to stand in between Alice and the 'man' with his pistol pointing at the 'man'. Peter kept his eyes locked onto the man's faceless face with a menacing approach.

"You have no right to be anywhere near her…"

"…But P-peter…"

"Peter! Stop! He didn't do anything! I just bumped into him that's all!" cried Alice as she tried to stand in front of Peter and save this innocent man.

Peter simply scoffed at this situation. "I'm not letting him near you or me, Alice!" "I thought I told you I never wanted to see you, you germ! What are you doing here!?"

"...…Is that any way to speak to your father Peter? After all these years?"

"F-father?" whispered Alice.

Alice slowly turned her head around to take a closer look at this man she was trying to protect. Her eyes widened in shock when she saw a pair of grayish white rabbit ears standing on top of the man's head. Since the man's ears, were a shade of grayish white his hair was grayer than his ears. The man also was wearing a white-collar shirt with a few buttons where missing and smudge of dirt, a tan pair of pants along with muddy black boots. The man had no face of course since he was a faceless but had on a pair of glasses that looked just liked Peter's only a little rustier and crooked along with a sad smile on his face. He carried an empty basket with a ripped piece a paper inside the basket. He took a few steps forward and reached out his hand.

"P-peter… I'm so glad to see you again… why don't you ever visit your sisters and me anymore?"

"….Stay away you filthy germ! You only talked nonsense then and still do! I will NEVER come near you ever and I never will!" hissed Peter as he loaded his gun and pointed it at the man he once called father.


Soo? i hoped you guys enjoyed this chapter and im still very sorry about the late posting!
I hope this chapter isnt too OCC, if it is please review or PM me if i did!
ANNNNNND i always wanted to know about each roleholders past so why not add that 'twist' in my story? XD
HOPED YA ENJOYED PART ONE OF CHAPTER SEVEN!