Chapter Seven
Stars above, this was insanity. People everywhere looking at you, staring at you, gaping at you. This was something Cinder would definitely need to get used to.
Cinder and Kai were already well on their way across their global tour, and had already made it through Australia, the American Republic, the African Union, Luna, and the European Federation. Starting last week, Cinder and Kai had started visiting with the governors, in the capital cities of each province. Then, they gave speeches for the citizens to meet their new empress.
Goodness, that was weird.
Today, Cinder and Kai were visiting with the citizens of New Beijing, their last stop before returning to the palace. They were just going to film a little announcement...
Nearly two months had passed since Cinder and Kai had gotten married. The citizens of the Commonwealth had grown to love her even more. About a month after she had been crowned empress, she had decided to leave her position on Luna as an ambassador, working full time as empress.
Now, back to present day, Cinder was really busy.
Like, REALLY busy.
"Kai, can you pass me the documents with the approval of the Lunar transition here?"
"Just a second..." Kai says, handing her the massive stack of papers. "Who are you going to nominate?"
"Oh, um, probably Liam Kinney. He does a good job, and Iko will be ecstatic with him here." Cinder laughed.
"That's only two reasons. Three reasons make better arguments."
"Oh, and he's a good guy."
"That's just hilarious." Kai rolled his eyes.
"Ugh, I have a headache." Cinder dropped into her chair.
"You seem to have had a bunch of random health issues recently. Headaches, fainting, tiredness, and quite the amount of dizziness." Kai commented.
"I haven't been feeling the best recently. I've also lost a good amount of sleep in the past few months," she said, covering her face with her hand.
"Nor have I, but really, that's just part of the stress that comes with world leadership," Kai said.
"I think I'm going to go take a nap. Because, frankly, I need the sleep."
Kai walked down the halls of the palace. He needed to get a few things done today. So, while Cinder was sleeping, he decided to go and take care of a few lagging documents: the deals with the paternity tests.
It was a pretty big mess. Cinder had been shocked with the results of the test, seeing as she had never known she had a true father. However, though, he was already deceased, so there was not as much of a purpose in finding out.
Besides for shock, fainting, and a near heart attack. And, also, a big mess with Luna.
Stars above, who did Prime Minister Dixon think he was? Granted, Cinder had just retrieved a large mess out of a storage ban, but still. None of this ordeal should be in his hands.
The prime minister of Luna was rather like a Lunar, given he was one, but all of the thought was making Kai annoyed. This was one of the times he wished that Cinder still had an authoritative position on Luna like she used to.
Cinder woke up. She realized it had been about two hours after she had first decided to take a nap. There was no sign of Kai in the suite, so she decided to go over to their office across the palace.
She found him, exactly where she thought he would be. "What are you doing?"
"Oh, you're awake. I was finishing the mess with Prime Minister Dixon. He's being ridiculous."
"That wasn't exactly my number one choice for the election, but yeah. His term used is going to end soon, so you don't have to endure him for that much longer."
"True. At least he seems reasonable most of the time.
A day later...
"I swear, I am sick. You might want to stay away from me. I'm going to the medical lab in the morning. I've been nauseous all day. I think I'm getting a stomach virus. And if I really have a stomach virus, which I'm sure of, I want to get an aprepitant. My body can't handle this." Cinder groaned.
"Did you just decide? You should have gone earlier." Kai looked at her.
"It wasn't too bad earlier. It got worse about half an hour ago. And eating soda crackers made it even worse. I mean, I'm a little better now, so I'm lucky to even be out here. I spent over half of dinner in the bathroom." Cinder shuddered.
"Oh, so that's why you were gone for that long and I found you in here after dinner," Kai said. "Right?"
"Ugh. Yes."
"I have to go work on another one of those documents. Go rest." Kai commanded.
"I will."
The next morning...
"Why? I have a meeting today. Again." Kai groaned.
"Too bad. Don't you have meeting every day to begin with already?"
"It depends. But what means I can't go with you to the clinic."
"Oh, well. I'll comm you when I'm done there to let you know of the results."
Cinder changed from her pajamas to a presentable outfit, then headed down to the medical labs.
"Hello, Your Majesty. What brings you here today?" Starli asked. Starli worked at the mediclinic, and she was friends with one of Cinder and Kai's assistants, Kennedy, so Cinder was familiar with Starli.
"I was really nauseous yesterday, so I wanted to come in and confirm whether or not I have a stomach virus. And, I definitely need an aprepitant. You know my body can't handle that type of stuff." Cinder said.
"Yes, I know. You look tired. Were you up late last night?" Starli asked.
"Ugh, yeah. I have a tendency to be nauseous through the night. I didn't sleep very well." Cinder sighed.
"Well, I'll send you in as soon as Dr. Feinberg gets here. It's a tad bit early in the today, so she hasn't come in yet."
"That's fine. I can chat with you for a bit."
They headed towards Lab 4C. "How long have you been nauseous?" Starli asked.
"Um, about a day. That started yesterday."
"Have you had any fainting, headaches, or dizziness?"
"I fainted once, have had lots and lots of headaches, and I have also been frequently dizzy, along with the fact that I am very tired."
"That's interesting."
Cinder woke up in the morning. What was different? Realization dawned upon her, about yesterday's events...
Hey y'all! I did this just to annoy you...but chapter eight will be about what happened after Cinder's chat with Starli...
Till next time, this is theannahsu!
