Chapter 7
Lune continued to walk down the hallway towards his room after his meeting with the court had ended. Exhausted the young cat king was hoping to get some rest before going to rejoining Haru. Right when he was about to pull back his curtain to his bedroom though his ears twitched when he heard Haru shout, "Lune!"
The Cat King turned around so that he could ask the young woman what was wrong. But instead she ran into him and held onto the shorthaired half cat as she couldn't hold the tears back any longer as she began to cry. The blue and red eyed cat wrapped his arms around her as he tried to comfort her while he asked, "Haru, is something wrong? Why are you crying like this? Did someone harm you?"
The brunette shook her head as she answered, "No it's nothing like that." She sniffed a few times before she continued with, "Lune, I didn't really want to tell you this, but Reginald showed up again at the castle today."
The king's expression darkened as he coldly asked, "He did, did he? So what was it that he wanted to talk to you about this time?"
Haru found herself swallowing a lump in her throat as she replied, "He...He told me that he loved me and that I should leave you for him."
"He said what?" Lune practically roared, as he broke away from Haru and stared into her eyes letting her see that he was furious with this. How dare that red clad cat say that he loved his Haru. And even if he did love her there was still no way that Lune would give up the brunette without a fight.
Seeing the burning angry in Lune's eyes caused Haru to worry as she gently rubbed her right hand against his face as a way to calm him down as she reassured him with, "Lune, it's okay really I took care of it. Believe me when he said that he not only loved me, but had been "watching me" for the past few days I smacked him good across his face."
Having Haru stroke his cheek did in fact cause the cat king to calm down as he let out a light purr as he could picture Haru doing such a thing as he stated, "Hmm, that would have been nice to see you do that to him." He then gently but firmly took her hand into his own as he went on with, "But just in case Reginald meant what he said I think it would be best for you to stay in my room with me for a while."
The young woman's face was quickly covered in a dark red blush as she protested with, "What? No, no really Lune it's okay I'm sure I'll be fine with just a few-"
She stopped talking however, when the grayish purple half cat put a finger to her lips as he replied, "I know that you aren't too comfortable with sharing a room with me right now. But I just can't bear the thought of that rogue taking you away from me while you sleeping. And so I just think that this would be a better solution to the problem." Haru just slowly nodded her head as he pulled back the curtain for her and then let it fall behind him when he had walked inside.
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In Reginald's underground hideout Yuki continued to stare at the crystal ball with a sad look on her face. No matter how much the white furred cat wanted to deny it she knew that in the back of her mind she was wishing that it was her who was going to lay down with Lune. She wished that it was her who was going to marry him. She then felt a tear fall down her face as she hated Haru right now. In truth she did not want to feel this way since the young woman had saved her life when she a kitten, but she could not help but feel regret for not accepting Lune's marriage proposal.
"I see so now you are starting to watch them now too, my dear." Someone asked, causing the blue eyed cat to break away from her thoughts. And when she turned to look at Reginald she was not that surprised at what she saw.
There standing in an open curtain way was in fact Reginald only inside of being a full cat he was now a half cat like the Cat King was. He still wore the same clothes only along with that he wore a pair of red pants, white gloves, and black shoes as he walked towards Yuki and asked, "So my dear, what do you think? Did the spell work?"
The white cat nodded answering his question as he cupped her chin with his hand as he asked, "Love, what ever is the matter?"
This caused the cat to look away as she replied, "Reginald, as grateful as I am to you for letting me stay here after leaving the castle. I have to tell you that I-I still..."
She was stopped when the brown half cat put a hand out in front of her as he replied, "You don't need to say another word, Yuki. I can already tell what bothering you." He then looked into her eyes as he added, "You still have feelings for the young half cat king, don't you?"
She nodded her head as she said, "I'm sorry, Reginald."
To her surprise though the red clad cat just smiled as he relied, "Don't be sorry, my dear." Hearing this caught her attention as he continued with, "I know that even though both you and I do care for one another. I somehow always knew that both our love were destined for other people." A grin then appeared on his muzzle as he ended with, "And I think I know just the spell that can give both of us exactly what we want."
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That next day Haru was wearing a pink dress as both her and Natori were walking down the hallway. And noticing that the young lady was staring out into space caused the advisor to ask her, "Daydreaming are we, my lady?"
The young woman blushed as she replied, "Well, kind of." She became a bit nervous as she pleaded, "Natori, if I tell you something will you promise not to freak out about it?"
The light blue cat nodded not for certain where the brunette was going with this as she mentioned for him to lower his head. And once he did that she whispered, "I stayed in Lune's bedroom last night."
After hearing this Haru could tell that the elderly advisor was going to freak out about that news as she quickly covered his mouth therefore muffling his outburst as she asked, "Natori, I though you said that you weren't going to overreact to this?" She sighed as she went on with, "If I let go of your mouth will please try to calm down?"
The kimono wearing cat nodded his head causing the young woman to release his muzzle. But when she did however, the advisor had a displeased look on his face as he almost shouted, "I can't believe His Majesty would take advantage of you in that way, Haru!" He then growled in frustration as he continued with, "Once that meeting of his with the court is done with I plan on having a little chat with him about this matter."
Haru just stared at him a bit confused as she asked, "Natori, what in the world are you..." She then stopped herself and blushed knowing what he meant by that early statement as she protested with, "Natori, Lune and I did not do anything. He just wanted me in his room so that Reginald wouldn't try to kidnap me or something like that."
After a minute or so Natori nodded his in understanding. Before he could reply however, he was slammed against the wall by something and fell to the ground unable to move his body causing Haru to let out a gasp as she shouted, "Natori!"
She then started to lean down to try and help the advisor up. But she stopped when something hard hit the back of her head, but instead of falling onto the ground she fell into the waiting arms of Reginald. And as he started down at her in a loving manner he looked down at the advisor who was still stuck to the ground glaring at him as he tipped his hat and said, "Please tell His Majesty that Haru is with me now. And that there is nothing that he can do about it."
He opened a portal and jumped into it with the young woman still in his arms and once the portal closed Natori tried to stand back onto his hind legs as he said, "I must tell His Majesty about this."
