A few days have gone by since Amalia and Yugo's confession in the grove. They had managed to keep their new relationship on a pretty tight need to know basis. So far, only Evangelyne, Grovy, Az, Rubilax and Armand knew. Amalia's father knew as well but he had been keeping this a secret until the new couple felt ready to tell him. He knew that when he was told it would be as the King, not as her father. Because of that, he would have to make a big announcement to the people about it which would not give them any privacy. He knew that they would want a few days alone so he was prepared to wait 'til then.
Evangelyne, Grovy, and Az had been ecstatic when they were told that Amalia and Yugo were now together. Az had been zipping up and down, round and round, back and forth for nearly three minutes before he calmed down. Evangelyne had hugged them both tightly while Grovy slapped Yugo on the back with a "I knew you had it in you."
As for Amalia and Yugo, they had been taking it slowly. Neither of them really knew much about being in a relationship but they knew some of the basics. They had been on one date where Yugo had made her dinner and they had gone out to one of the tree tops and simply watched the stars, talking about nothing. Mostly though, they simply took strolls into the garden, talking about this and that and just enjoying each others company.
However today Yugo was trying to figure out something a little more romantic to do. They had both agreed to try and keep their relationship as quite as possible for a little while so they could have a little while alone. He had been up for some time trying to think of what they could do that night. Amalia was helping Roesia out with her wedding dress and would be busy with other wedding preparations all day.
He was distracted from his pondering's by the sudden sound of fluttering paper. Turning around he saw Az flying towards him with a sheet of paper in his talons.
"OH! I completely forgot about that! Thank you Az."
Taking the paper and grabbing a pen and some ink Yugo sat down to write a letter to Adamai. Before he had left on this forced vacation he and Ad had made a deal.
"Yugo, I know you worry about everyone here so I thought of something. How about I'll write to you about how things are going and you write to me saying how everything is going?"
Yugo had agreed that it was a good idea and so they had parted company with this plan in mind. He had gotten only two letters from his brother since he left and he had only written one letter back. There hadn't been much to talk about during his travels and he hadn't gone through any towns to mail the letter to his brother so it hadn't seemed important. Now however he had some important things to tell his brother.
King Sheram Shram was quite proud of himself for thinking of this. He knew that his wife would approve of this idea if she was there. Signaling to Armand that it was finished, father and son looked at their creation with pride. Armand had been a little surprised when his father had suggested this idea but now they were finished he had to admit it was brilliant. He just hoped that Yugo and Amalia enjoyed it.
Amalia had been floating on air for the last couple of days. She had informed her other suitors that she had made her choice and sent them away. They had of course questioned her about who she had chosen but she was keeping her mouth shut about it. She now had more time on her hands that she didn't have to interview anymore suitors so she had been spending more time with her future sister, planning the wedding and just chatting.
"Amalia, what do you think about this dress?"
Looking up to take a look Amalia smiled.
"It looks good. How about a quick spin so I can see the rest?"
Rotating around, Roesia allowed Amalia a complete look at the dress.
"Very nice. However it is your wedding so what do you think?"
Going over to the mirror Roesia looked up and down the reflection. After a couple seconds she replied
"I like the shape but the back seems a bit tight."
"That should be easy enough to fix. So if that was changed, would you want this one?"
Turning towards Amalia, the bride to be smiled and nodded her head. Going up to Roesia and hugging her, Amalia went out of the room to fetch the dress maker to make the final adjustments to the wedding gown.
Pushing away from the table, Yugo got up and stretched his body. He had been writing for a good hour and a half and had filled nearly four pages of paper telling Adamai about what had been happening since he had last written. Grabbing an envelope and putting the letter into it he headed out to post to send it off. While he was heading out he began to wonder what he could do to *ahem* woo her.
As he was passing by the stairway to the large open ballroom on the roof he was suddenly grabbed from behind and spun around. Looking up he saw the King staring down at him.
"So Yugo, off somewhere today?"
Puzzled that Oakheart was curious about what he was doing, Yugo hesitated for a second before answering. After all, this was the father of Amalia, the girl he was secretly with so he had a right to be a little nervous.
"Not really, just going to mail this letter to Adamai. I promised I would try to stay in contact as much as possible."
Nodding his head in understanding Oakheart began his plan.
"Say Yugo, after you were finished that I was wondering if I could ask you to help me with something up in the ballroom? It's not much and shouldn't take much time if you were planning on doing anything tonight."
Knowing that he was making the boy a little more nervous than intended he decided to give him some space. It wasn't easy to speak to the father of the girl you were dating and he didn't want to scare Yugo too much.
"O-Okay. I'll go up there when I'm done mailing my letter."
Nodding at his answer Oakheart turned and headed back up the stairs. As Yugo began to walk away however he poked his head out and slowly snuck away.
After she had given the wedding dress to the local tailors for the necessary modifications Amalia had decided to go for a little stroll through the royal gardens. She was enjoying to peace and quite but she couldn't help but think it would be a little bit better with a certain hat wearing individual. A smile unconsciously made its way onto her face and she continued walking, except mostly on air not the ground.
"Amalia?"
Jumping a little from the unexpected voice, she turned towards it.
"Armand!"
Going up to him and giving him a brief hug her smile grew even more. She hadn't seen her brother that much since she had given him the news of her and Yugo's new relationship. Her father had kept him busy with something, probably more wedding planning.
Smiling down at his younger sibling Armand got ready to instigate his father's plan.
"Amalia, father was looking for you a little while ago. He told me that if I saw you that he would be waiting up in the ballroom."
Nodding to her brother she thanked him and started to walk in that direction thinking to herself,
'I wonder what father wants?'
She didn't notice the small smirk that came on Armand's face as she walked away.
'I hope father's plan works as well as he hopes.'
What is King Oakhearts plan? What will happen with our two heroes? And will any of the other members of the brotherhood show up? *shrug* We will just have to wait and see.
Sorry that this is so late, mid terms came up and I was very busy. However I have to week off so I'm hoping to start getting the chapters up a little quicker.
Oh, before anyone asks, Armand no longer has bad breath. If I get enough requests I may write a quick one shot telling how he got rid of it but for now it's up to you. Please review and enjoy yourselves.
