Chapter 7: Bandits part 2
Shirayuki was in her room doing paperwork to tell the chief what has happen. She sat at her desk with an open window above her desk.
"All right, I'm done!" Shirayuki said, put her pen down on the desk then stretched out her tired muscles from sitting too long. She crossed her arms on top of desk and lied her head down on top of them. "Next, I need to write the report and prepare the medicine for the afternoon." Shirayuki said, closing her eyes.
She heard a door on but did not looked up. "Shirayuki," Zen called out. Shirayuki jump up and looked at Zen. "Sorry, were you sleeping?" Zen asked put his hands on his hips.
"No." Shirayuki said, shake her head to answer Zen.
"Really?" Zen asked, looking at her. "The soldier have been starting to get up, and they are looking much better." Zen said, point to the window that was over Shirayuki desk.
"huh?" Shirayuki asked, standing up and looked outside to where the soldiers were working. "You guys feel alright to be moving around?" Shirayuki yelled out of the window. All the soldiers outside looked up at her.
"Yeah, I'm fine, I'm fine!" One of the soldiers yelled back waving his hand at her.
"Shirayuki, talk my pulse later." The other soldier said, pushing the other one out of the way to looked at Shirayuki.
"You just want her to tend to you, don't you?" The other man said. Shirayuki looked at Zen who was smiling back at her.
"If you're going to make a complete recovery, then get to work." Zen yelled, cup his hand to make it louder so the men can hear him. Shirayuki looked at him and smiled.
"Y... Your highness." All the man yelled when they saw Zen in window. "Please excuse us!" They said bowing, and getting back to work. Zen turn around to look at Shirayuki, who has her hand on her stomach. Zen grabbed her and laid her down on the bed. He sat on the side of the bed, and he slowly got on top off Shirayuki, kissing her neck and slowly going down her chest then he remembered what happen at the ball. He got off her and sat down on the chair.
"I'm sorry, Shirayuki." Zen said, bowing his head at her. Shirayuki got up and sat on his lap. He wraps his arms around her and she wrap hers around him.
"Zen, I love you." Shirayuki said, kiss him on the lips.
"I love you too, Shirayuki." Zen said, kiss her back. After the kiss, Shirayuki got off of Zen and looked him in the eyes. "Well, I think we need to get back to work." She said, helping Zen up from his seat.
"Yeah. The soldiers are looking good thank to you, my love." Zen said, heading to the door. "Just a little while longer. I'm leaving everyone to you!" Zen said, runs out of the room before Kiki or Mitsuhide comes along looking for him again.
"Alright, I prepare the food." Shirayuki said, put her hand on the desk and got dizzy for a minute, but catch herself on the desk. She knew it was because of exhaustion and fatigue. "So tired, but I'll get rest soon, and I can't tell Zen, he has too much stuff on his mind."
Meanwhile Obi was jump from roof to roof on the castle when he saw Shirayuki carry a box of papers. "What is she up too?" He asked himself, then he saw Shirayuki suddenly drop the box and say "Ow!" Shirayuki said dropping it by her feet. After a while, she bent down to grab the box again.
"Hey, Hey, is she okay? Zen needs to know about this! It's not good for Shirayuki and the baby too!" Obi asked, looking down at her on top of the roof. He was just about to leave and inform Zen about what he saw when he caught Shirayuki picking up the box again and starting to walk at a slower pace.
He was confused as to why she was walking so slow, thinking it was because of the box, when he suddenly saw her fall. Shirayuki had suddenly gotten very dizzy and she had lost her balance. Without warning, Shirayuki was about to the ground when Obi caught her before she hit the ground.
"Obi." Shirayuki said, looked at him, a little relieved. Some of the paper were flying out of the box when Obi caught her. Obi took the box from Shirayuki and knelt down, starting to pick up the paper that had flew out of the box. Shirayuki pick some of the paper as well and put the back in the box.
"Are you okay?" Obi asked, picking up the box and start to walked with Shirayuki back to her room.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Shirayuki lied, the walked through the door to castle with Obi. Obi knew that something is not okay with her, that something was wrong. He knew he had to tell Master, because if something were to happen to their child, it could mean trouble for him. They walked out the hallway when they say Kiki standing there.
"Shirayuki, Zen is looking for you." Kiki said, walking up to Shirayuki.
"Okay, I will go and see him. Obi, can you take that box to my room? Thank you, so much Obi." Shirayuki said, he knew that her thank you meant more than taking the box to her room.
So he smiled and said, "Your welcome, Miss." Then she started to walk off to Zen's office
She knocked on the door then she heard his voice saying, "come in." Shirayuki open the door and walked in.
"You were looking for me Zen?" Shirayuki asked, wondering what he needed, hoping that it wasn't about what just happened. So she walked up to his desk and Zen looked up from his paper.
"Yes. Shirayuki I was think that I am making you do a lot of work. You need to rest." Zen said, stand up and walking over to her.
"No you're not. I'm okay." Shirayuki said. Zen grab her hand and gave it a kiss on the inside of her palm.
"Please, for me and the baby, get some rest. I don't what anything to happen to you or the baby." He said, pull her in close to him.
"Okay." Shirayuki said, looking at him and his clear blue eyes that she loves so much.
"Thank you. You need to take care of yourself, you're no longer looking out for yourself anymore." Zen said putting his hand on her stomach, then he gave her a kiss on her forehead and walked back to his seat at his desk. Shirayuki walked out of his office and headed back to her room. When she got back to her room she saw the box of papers she had been caring, was on her desk and so, she picks up the box and put it by her bed and began working on more medicine.
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